jersiais
French, noun
jersiais is spelled J-E-R-S-I-A-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jersiais is a French masculine noun meaning “Jèrriais (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Jersiais is a different word: “resident or native of Jersey; Jerseyan”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dialecte normand utilisé sur l'île anglo-normande de Jersey”.
What does jersiais mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Jersey
noun
- 1
masculineJèrriais (language)
noun
- 1
masculineresident or native of Jersey; Jerseyan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dialecte normand utilisé sur l'île anglo-normande de Jersey.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Jersey, à ses habitants, à sa culture.
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 jersiais
- jersiaise feminine
- jersiaises feminine plural
- Jersiaise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is jersiais in French?
jersiais appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).