cisterciens
French, noun/sis.tɛʁ.sjɛ̃/
cisterciens is spelled C-I-S-T-E-R-C-I-E-N-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 60,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cisterciens is a French masculine noun meaning “plural of cistercien” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cisterciens mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplural of cistercien
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ordre monastique chrétien défini à l’abbaye de Cîteaux par Robert de Molesme en 1098.
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 cisterciens
- Cistercien singular masculine
- Cistercienne singular feminine
- Cisterciennes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cisterciens?
- /sis.tɛʁ.sjɛ̃/
- \sis.tɛʁ.sjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cisterciens in French?
cisterciens appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).