faustien
French, adjective\fɔs.tjɛ̃\
faustien is spelled F-A-U-S-T-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faustien is a French adjective meaning “Faustian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à Faust, au mythe de Faust, dont le personnage signe un pacte avec le Diable”.
What does faustien mean in English?
adjective
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Faustian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à Faust, au mythe de Faust, dont le personnage signe un pacte avec le Diable.
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 faustien
- faustienne feminine
- faustiens masculine plural
- faustiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faustien?
- \fɔs.tjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faustien in French?
faustien appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).