julien
French, adjective/ʒy.ljɛ̃/
julien is spelled J-U-L-I-E-N (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Julien is a French adjective meaning “Julian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est lié à Jules César et à sa décision d’instaurer l’alternance entre trois années de trois cent…”.
What does julien mean in English?
adjective
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Julian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est lié à Jules César et à sa décision d’instaurer l’alternance entre trois années de trois cent soixante-cinq jours et une année bissextile de trois cent soixante-six jours.
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 julien
- julienne feminine
- juliens masculine plural
- juliennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce julien?
- /ʒy.ljɛ̃/
- \ʒy.ljɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to julien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is julien in French?
julien appears 28 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).