banian
French, noun/ba.njɑ̃/
banian is spelled B-A-N-I-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banian is a French masculine noun meaning “banyan (tropical Indian fig tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitant de l’Inde, de religion brahmanique et s’adonnant au commerce”.
What does banian mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebanyan (tropical Indian fig tree)
- 2
masculinebanian (Indian trader)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de l’Inde, de religion brahmanique et s’adonnant au commerce.
noun: 1. Arbre appartenant au genre Ficus de la famille des Moraceae, espèce voisine du figuier qui peut se développer en arbres géants pouvant couvrir plusieurs hectares.
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 banian
- banians plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce banian?
- /ba.njɑ̃/
- \ba.njɑ̃\
- [ba.njɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to banian
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is banian in French?
banian appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).