chthonien
French, adjective/ktɔ.njɛ̃/
chthonien is spelled C-H-T-H-O-N-I-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chthonien is a French adjective meaning “chthonian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans la mythologie grecque, relatif aux divinités infernales ou telluriques, c’est-à-dire souterraines, par…”.
What does chthonien mean in English?
adjective
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chthonian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dans la mythologie grecque, relatif aux divinités infernales ou telluriques, c’est-à-dire souterraines, par opposition aux divinités ouraniennes ou éoliennes, c’est-à-dire célestes. 2. Plus largement, relatif aux déités du monde souterrain de toutes les mythologies.
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 chthonien
- chthonienne feminine
- chthoniens masculine plural
- chthoniennes feminine plural
- chtonien
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chthonien?
- /ktɔ.njɛ̃/
- \ktɔ.njɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chthonien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chthonien in French?
chthonien appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).