éthiopiennes

\e.tjo.pjɛn\

/\e.tjo.pjɛn\/ adj

The verdict

“éthiopiennes” is uncommon French (frequency #77,180 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,180
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de éthiopien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ethiopiennes · éthiopiennes · French

éthiopiennes · rank #77,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,180
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Érythréens

Nearest frequency peer: Érythréens (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « éthiopiennes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éthiopiennes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for éthiopiennes
PropertyValue
Headwordéthiopiennes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tjo.pjɛn\
Letters12
Frequency rank#77,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « éthiopiennes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).éthiopiennestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Érythréens » (#77,179), « étonnerais » (#77,181), « énoncent » (#77,178). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éthiopiennes » est au #77,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

éthiopiennes is uncommon French at frequency #77,180 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.tjo.pjɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de éthiopien.".

éthiopiennes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is éthiopiennes, spelled É-T-H-I-O-P-I-E-N-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de éthiopien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how éthiopiennes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sur cette distance ce soir (20 h 55), elle aura fort à faire avec ses concurrentes éthiopiennes, notamment la recordwoman du monde et tenante du titre Letesenbet Gidey, ou encore Gudaf Tsegay.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "éthiopiennes"?
"éthiopiennes" is spelled É-T-H-I-O-P-I-E-N-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tjo.pjɛn\.
What does "éthiopiennes" mean?
As an adjective, "éthiopiennes" means: Féminin pluriel de éthiopien.
How do you pronounce "éthiopiennes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éthiopiennes" is \e.tjo.pjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éthiopiennes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éthiopiennes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list