canarien
French, adjective
canarien is spelled C-A-N-A-R-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canarien is a French adjective meaning “Canarian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Canarien is a different word: “Canarian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux îles Canaries”.
What does canarien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Canarian
noun
- 1
masculineCanarian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parler castillan des Canaries.
adjective: 1. Relatif aux îles Canaries. 2. Relatif au parler castillan des Canaries, le canarien.
noun: 1. Habitant ou natif des Canaries.
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 canarien
- canarienne feminine
- canariens masculine plural
- canariennes feminine plural
- Canariens plural
- Canarienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to canarien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canarien in French?
canarien appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).