Caennaise
French, noun
Caennaise is spelled C-A-E-N-N-A-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caennaise is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Caennais; female native or inhabitant of the city of Caen, the prefecture of the Calvados department, Normandy, France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, caennaise is a different word: “feminine singular of caennais”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante de Caen, commune française située dans le département du Calvados”.
What does Caennaise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Caennais; female native or inhabitant of the city of Caen, the prefecture of the Calvados department, Normandy, France
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of caennais
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante de Caen, commune française située dans le département du Calvados.
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 Caennaise
- Caennaises plural
- Caennais masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Caennaise in French?
Caennaise appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).