japonais
French, noun
japonais is spelled J-A-P-O-N-A-I-S (8 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written French, the 2,270th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Japonais is a French masculine noun meaning “the Japanese language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Japonais is a different word: “resident or native of Japan; Japanese person (male or of unspecified…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue utilisée principalement par les Japonais et classée langue SOV”.
What does japonais mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe Japanese language
adjective
- 1
Japanese
noun
- 1
masculineresident or native of Japan; Japanese person (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au Japon, à ses habitants et à sa culture. 2. Relatif à la langue japonaise.
noun: 1. Langue utilisée principalement par les Japonais et classée langue SOV. 2. Race de lapins, originaires de France, de taille moyenne, à robe composée de noir et de jaune-orangé. 3. Mâle de japonaise (race de poules).
noun: 1. Habitant du Japon. 2. Peuple qui vit essentiellement au Japon.
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 japonais
- japonaise feminine
- japonaises feminine plural
- Japonaise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to japonais
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is japonais in French?
japonais appears 36 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).