fenian
French, noun/fe.njɑ̃/
fenian is spelled F-E-N-I-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fenian is a French masculine noun meaning “Fenian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de Fenian”.
What does fenian mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineFenian
adjective
- 1
Fenian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne, ou qui appartient au mouvement nationaliste insurrectionnel irlandais du XIXᵉ siècle, incarné notamment par la « Irish Republican Brotherhood » (« Fraternité républicaine irlandaise »).
adjective: 1. Terme présent dans la locution « feu fenian ».
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de Fenian.
noun: 1. Membre du mouvement nationaliste insurrectionnel irlandais au XIXᵉ siècle, incarné notamment par la « Irish Republican Brotherhood » (« Fraternité républicaine irlandaise »).
noun: 1. Membre du mouvement nationaliste insurrectionnel irlandais au XIXᵉ siècle, incarné notamment par la « Irish Republican Brotherhood » (« Fraternité républicaine irlandaise »).
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 fenian
- fenians plural
- feniane feminine
- fenianes feminine plural
- fénian
- fénien
- Fenians plural
- fenian
- Fénian
- Fénien
- fénians plural
- Fenian
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fenian?
- /fe.njɑ̃/
- \fe.njɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fenian
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fenian in French?
fenian appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).