hessois
French, adjective
hessois is spelled H-E-S-S-O-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hessois is a French adjective meaning “Hessian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hessois is a different word: “Hessian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au land de Hesse, en Allemagne”.
What does hessois mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Hessian
noun
- 1
masculineHessian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Hesse, région d'Allemagne. 2. Habitant de Hesse, commune de la Moselle, en France.
adjective: 1. Relatif au land de Hesse, en Allemagne. 2. Relatif à Hesse, commune de la Moselle, en Lorraine.
noun: 1. Dialecte allemand appartenant au groupe francique rhénan.
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 hessois
- hessoise feminine
- hessoises feminine plural
- Hessoise feminine
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛ.swa\ singular plural masculine
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛ.swaz\ singular feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hessois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hessois in French?
hessois 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).