firman
French, noun/fiʁ.mɑ̃/
firman is spelled F-I-R-M-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Firman is a French masculine noun meaning “firman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Édit, ordre ou permis d’un souverain musulman”.
What does firman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Édit, ordre ou permis d’un souverain musulman.
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 firman
- firmans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce firman?
- /fiʁ.mɑ̃/
- \fiʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is firman in French?
firman appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).