hérodien
French, noun/e.ʁɔ.djɛ̃/
hérodien is spelled H-É-R-O-D-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hérodien is a French masculine noun meaning “Herodian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui adhère à la politique du roi Hérode Iᵉʳ, roi de Judée de 37 avant J.-C. à sa mort en 4 avant…”.
What does hérodien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineHerodian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui adhère à la politique du roi Hérode Iᵉʳ, roi de Judée de 37 avant J.-C. à sa mort en 4 avant J.-C.
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 hérodien
- hérodiens plural
- hérodienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hérodien?
- /e.ʁɔ.djɛ̃/
- \e.ʁɔ.djɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hérodien in French?
hérodien appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).