javanais
French, noun
javanais is spelled J-A-V-A-N-A-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,791st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Javanais is a French masculine noun meaning “Javanese (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Javanais is a different word: “Javanese (resident or native of Java)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue malayo-polynésienne, de la famille des langues austronésiennes parlée dans l’île de Java”.
What does javanais mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineJavanese (language)
- 2
masculinea coffee and chocolate flavored French pastry
adjective
- 1
of Java (the island); Javanese
noun
- 1
masculinejavanais (French slang)
noun
- 1
masculineJavanese (resident or native of Java)
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’île de Java, ou qui en est originaire.
noun: 1. Langue malayo-polynésienne, de la famille des langues austronésiennes parlée dans l’île de Java.
noun: 1. Procédé de codage argotique apparu en France au XIXᵉ siècle, consistant à insérer avant chaque voyelle d'un mot l'infixe -av-, dans le but de n’être compris que par les initiés. 2. Langage conventionnel, d’un type analogue, consistant à ajouter des syllabes données. 3. Qualifie un verbiage confus et incompréhensible.
noun: 1. Race de chat, originaire des États-Unis, voisin de l’oriental, mais à poil mi-long.
noun: 1. Personne originaire de, ou habitant sur l’Île de Java.
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 javanais
- javanaise feminine
- javanaises feminine plural
- Javanaise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to javanais
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is javanais in French?
javanais appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).