cantalien
French, adjective
cantalien is spelled C-A-N-T-A-L-I-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantalien is a French adjective meaning “of Cantal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Cantalien is a different word: “resident or native of Cantal”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au département français du Cantal ou à ses habitants”.
What does cantalien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Cantal
noun
- 1
masculineresident or native of Cantal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant ou natif du Cantal, département français.
adjective: 1. Relatif au département français du Cantal ou à ses habitants.
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 cantalien
- cantalienne feminine
- cantaliens masculine plural
- cantaliennes feminine plural
- Cantaliens plural
- Cantalienne feminine
- Cantalou
- cantalou
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cantalien in French?
cantalien appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).