hercynien
French, noun/ɛʁ.si.njɛ̃/
hercynien is spelled H-E-R-C-Y-N-I-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hercynien is a French masculine noun meaning “Hercynian, Variscan (geological period)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hercynien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Hercynian, Variscan
noun
- 1
masculineHercynian, Variscan (geological period)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la période géologique d'orogénèse s'étalant du dévonien (-400 millions d'années) au permien (-245 millions d'années) et qui succède aux orogénèses cadomienne et calédonienne. 2. Relatif à la forêt primaire qui recouvrait une grande partie de l'Europe de l'ouest, selon les géographes de l'Antiquité.
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 hercynien
- hercynienne feminine
- hercyniens masculine plural
- hercyniennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hercynien?
- /ɛʁ.si.njɛ̃/
- \ɛʁ.si.njɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hercynien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hercynien in French?
hercynien appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).