danois
French, noun
danois is spelled D-A-N-O-I-S (6 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Danois is a French masculine noun meaning “Danish, the Danish language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Danois is a different word: “Dane (resident or native of Denmark)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue germanique parlée par les Danois”.
What does danois mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineDanish, the Danish language
adjective
- 1
Danish
noun
- 1
masculineDane (resident or native of Denmark)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au Danemark ou aux Danois.
noun: 1. Langue germanique parlée par les Danois. 2. Synonyme de dogue allemand (race de chien). 3. Personne habitant le Danemark ou qui en provient (normalement écrit : Danois).
noun: 1. Habitant du Danemark, personne de nationalité danoise. 2. Peuple germanique qui vit essentiellement au Danemark.
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 danois
- danoise feminine
- danoises feminine plural
- Danoise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to danois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is danois in French?
danois appears 7.1 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).