Lyonnaise
French, noun
Lyonnaise is spelled L-Y-O-N-N-A-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lyonnaise is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Lyonnais” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, lyonnaise is a different word: “feminine singular of lyonnais”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante de Lyon, commune française située dans le département du Rhône”.
What does Lyonnaise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Lyonnais
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of lyonnais
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Race de poules, originaires de France (Lyonnais), de taille moyenne, à plumes frisées noires.
noun: 1. Habitante de Lyon, commune française située dans le département du Rhône.
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 Lyonnaise
- Lyonnaises plural
- Lyonnais masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Lyonnaise in French?
Lyonnaise appears 4.0 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).