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cananéen

French, adjective/ka.na.ne.ɛ̃/

cananéen is a French adjective meaning “Canaanite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au pays de Canaan”.

What does cananéen mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Canaanite

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif au pays de Canaan.

noun: 1. Habitant du pays de Canaan.

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 cananéen

  • cananéenne feminine
  • cananéens masculine plural
  • cananéennes feminine plural
  • Cananéens plural
  • Cananéenne feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cananéen?

  • /ka.na.ne.ɛ̃/
  • \ka.na.ne.ɛ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cananéen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cananéen in French?

cananéen appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).