dahoméen
French, adjective
dahoméen is spelled D-A-H-O-M-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). Dahoméen is a French adjective meaning “Dahomeyan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Dahoméen is a different word: “Dahomeyan”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l’ancien État du Dahomey (aussi bien le Royaume de Dahomey (XVIIᵉ–fin XIXᵉ siècle) et la colonie du…”.
What does dahoméen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Dahomeyan
noun
- 1
masculineDahomeyan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’ancien État du Dahomey (aussi bien le Royaume de Dahomey (XVIIᵉ–fin XIXᵉ siècle) et la colonie du Dahomey (1894–1958) que la République du Dahomey (1958–1975)), devenu aujourd’hui le Bénin. 2. fon, fon-gbe
noun: 1. Habitant du Dahomey (devenu aujourd’hui le Bénin).
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 dahoméen
- dahoméenne feminine
- dahoméens masculine plural
- dahoméennes feminine plural
- Dahoméens plural
- Dahoméenne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is dahoméen in French?
dahoméen 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).