canadien
French, adjective
canadien is spelled C-A-N-A-D-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written French, the 2,270th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canadien is a French adjective meaning “Canadian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Canadien is a different word: “Canadian (male or of unspecified sex) (boy or man)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au Canada actuel, celui qui existe depuis la Confédération de 1867”.
What does canadien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Canadian
noun
- 1
masculineCanadian (male or of unspecified sex) (boy or man).
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Citoyen du Canada. 2. Francophone du Canada, descendant des colons français. 3. Équipe de hockey le Canadien de Montréal.
adjective: 1. Relatif au Canada actuel, celui qui existe depuis la Confédération de 1867. 2. Relatif au Canada français.
noun: 1. Appareil, doté de dents souples, permettant le travail superficiel du sol.
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 canadien
- canadienne feminine
- canadiens masculine plural
- canadiennes feminine plural
- Canadiens plural
- Canadienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to canadien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canadien in French?
canadien appears 36 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).