mauritanien
French, adjective
mauritanien is a French adjective meaning “Mauritanian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mauritanien is a different word: “Mauritanian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la Mauritanie”.
What does mauritanien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Mauritanian
noun
- 1
masculineMauritanian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Mauritanie, pays d’Afrique.
noun: 1. Habitant de Maure-de-Bretagne, commune française située dans le département de l’Ille-et-Vilaine.
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Mauritanie
adjective: 1. Relatif à Maure-de-Bretagne, commune française située dans le département de l’Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 mauritanien
- mauritanienne feminine
- mauritaniens masculine plural
- mauritaniennes feminine plural
- Mauritaniens plural
- Mauritanienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mauritanien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mauritanien in French?
mauritanien appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).