Jamaïcaine
French, noun
Jamaïcaine is spelled J-A-M-A-Ï-C-A-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jamaïcaine is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Jamaïcain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, jamaïcaine is a different word: “feminine singular of jamaïcain”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante de la Jamaïque”.
What does Jamaïcaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Jamaïcain
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of jamaïcain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante de la Jamaïque.
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 Jamaïcaine
- Jamaïcaines plural
- Jamaïcain masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Jamaïcaine in French?
Jamaïcaine appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).