catalan
French, noun
catalan is spelled C-A-T-A-L-A-N (7 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catalan is a French masculine noun meaning “Catalan (the Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Catalan is a different word: “Catalan, Catalonian (native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain)…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue romane parlée en Espagne dans les territoires régionaux de Catalogne, des îles Baléares et de la…”.
What does catalan mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Catalan, Catalonian (of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain)
noun
- 1
masculineCatalan (the Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero)
noun
- 1
masculineCatalan, Catalonian (native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain) (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Catalogne, sa langue, sa culture, ou ses habitants. 2. Relatif aux pays catalans, leur langue, leurs cultures, ou leurs habitants. 3. Qualifie une technique primitive de sidérurgie.
noun: 1. Langue romane parlée en Espagne dans les territoires régionaux de Catalogne, des îles Baléares et de la Communauté valencienne (localement nommée "valencien") ; parlée en France dans le département des Pyrénées Orientales en particulier dans la plaine du Roussillon. Langue officielle du pays Andorre.
noun: 1. Lactaire délicieux.
noun: 1. Habitant de la région autonome espagnole de Catalogne. 2. Habitant du département des Pyrénées-Orientales où le catalan est parlé.
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 catalan
- Catalans plural
- Catalane feminine
- catalane feminine
- catalans masculine plural
- catalanes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to catalan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catalan in French?
catalan appears 4.9 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).