Japonaise
French, noun
Japonaise is spelled J-A-P-O-N-A-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Japonaise is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Japonais” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, japonaise is a different word: “feminine singular of japonais”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante du Japon”.
What does Japonaise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Japonais
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of japonais
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonyme de chabo (race de poules). 2. Femelle de japonais (race de lapins).
noun: 1. Voiture japonaise.
noun: 1. Habitante du 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 Japonaise
- Japonaises plural
- japonaises plural
- japonais masculine
- Japonais masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Japonaise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Japonaise in French?
Japonaise appears 12 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).