céruléen
French, noun/se.ʁy.le.ɛ̃/
céruléen is spelled C-É-R-U-L-É-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Céruléen is a French masculine noun meaning “cerulean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “La couleur céruléenne. #02A4D3”.
What does céruléen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cerulean
noun
- 1
masculinecerulean
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est d’une couleur azurée, bleuâtre. Il se dit surtout des flots de la mer.
noun: 1. La couleur céruléenne. #02A4D3
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 céruléen
- céruléenne feminine
- céruléens masculine plural
- céruléennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce céruléen?
- /se.ʁy.le.ɛ̃/
- \se.ʁy.le.ɛ̃\
- [se.ʁy.l̪e.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 céruléen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is céruléen in French?
céruléen appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).