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citoyenne

French, noun/si.twa.jɛn/

citoyenne is spelled C-I-T-O-Y-E-N-N-E (9 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Citoyenne is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of citoyen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme faisant partie de celles et ceux qui, dans un état organisé, jouissent des mêmes droits et obéissent…”.

What does citoyenne mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of citoyen

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Femme faisant partie de celles et ceux qui, dans un état organisé, jouissent des mêmes droits et obéissent aux mêmes lois. 2. Celle qui habite dans une ville et y jouit du droit de cité. 3. Appellation que, dans certains milieux, en particulier pendant la Révolution française, l’on substitue à Madame.

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 citoyenne

  • citoyennes plural
  • citoyen masculine
  • citoyan neuter

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce citoyenne?

  • /si.twa.jɛn/
  • \si.twa.jɛn\
  • [si.twa.jɛn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to citoyenne

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is citoyenne in French?

citoyenne appears 6.3 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).

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