essénien
French, adjective\ɛ.se.njɛ̃\
essénien is spelled E-S-S-É-N-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Essénien is a French adjective meaning “of or relating to the Essenes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux Esséniens”.
What does essénien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of or relating to the Essenes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Esséniens
noun: 1. Secte de juifs qui faisaient profession de communauté de biens, qui fuyaient toutes sortes de plaisirs, particulièrement le mariage, condamnaient les serments, ne buvaient que de l’eau, n’offraient à Dieu que des choses inanimées, et observaient scrupuleusement le sabbat.
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 essénien
- essénienne feminine
- esséniens masculine plural
- esséniennes feminine plural
- Esséniens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce essénien?
- \ɛ.se.njɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is essénien in French?
essénien appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).