italien
French, noun
italien is spelled I-T-A-L-I-E-N (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Italien is a French masculine noun meaning “Italian (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Italien is a different word: “Italian (person)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue romane parlée principalement en Italie”.
What does italien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Italian
noun
- 1
masculineItalian (language)
noun
- 1
masculineItalian (person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’Italie, à ses habitants et à leur culture. 2. Relatif à la langue parlée par les Italiens.
noun: 1. Langue romane parlée principalement en Italie.
noun: 1. Habitant ou originaire d’Italie.
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 italien
- italienne feminine
- italiens masculine plural
- italiennes feminine plural
- Italiens plural
- Italienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to italien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is italien in French?
italien appears 35 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).