hégirien
French, adjective/e.ʒi.ʁjɛ̃/
hégirien is spelled H-É-G-I-R-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hégirien is a French adjective meaning “Hijri; Hegirian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au calendrier lunaire musulman avec pour origine l’Hégire, soit le 16 juillet 622 dans le calendrier…”.
What does hégirien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Hijri; Hegirian
le calendrier hégirien
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au calendrier lunaire musulman avec pour origine l’Hégire, soit le 16 juillet 622 dans le calendrier grégorien.
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 hégirien
- hégirienne feminine
- hégiriens masculine plural
- hégiriennes feminine plural
- hégérien
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hégirien?
- /e.ʒi.ʁjɛ̃/
- \e.ʒi.ʁjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hégirien in French?
hégirien appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).