bactrien
French, adjective
bactrien is spelled B-A-C-T-R-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bactrien is a French adjective meaning “Bactrian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bactrien is a different word: “Bactrian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la Bactriane”.
What does bactrien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Bactrian
noun
- 1
masculineBactrian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Bactriane.
noun: 1. Langue moyenne iranienne parlée sur le cours supérieur et moyen de l’Amou-Daria, dans l’ancienne Bactriane.
noun: 1. Citoyen de la Bactrie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bactrien
- bactrienne feminine
- bactriens masculine plural
- bactriennes feminine plural
- Bactriens plural
- Bactrienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is bactrien in French?
bactrien appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).