cherbourgeois
French, adjective\ʃɛʁ.buʁ.ʒwa\
cherbourgeois is spelled C-H-E-R-B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cherbourgeois is a French adjective meaning “of, from or relating to the city and former commune of Cherbourg, department of Manche, Normandy, France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à Cherbourg-Octeville, commune française située dans le département de la Manche”.
What does cherbourgeois mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of, from or relating to the city and former commune of Cherbourg, department of Manche, Normandy, France
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, commune française située dans le département de la Manche. 2. Habitant de Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg, municipalité de paroisse québécoise ^([1]).
adjective: 1. Relatif à Cherbourg-Octeville, commune française située dans le département de la Manche. 2. Relatif à Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg, municipalité de paroisse québécoise ^([1]).
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 cherbourgeois
- cherbourgeoise feminine
- cherbourgeoises feminine plural
- Cherbourgeoise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cherbourgeois?
- \ʃɛʁ.buʁ.ʒwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cherbourgeois in French?
cherbourgeois appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).