mien
French, adjective/mjɛ̃/
mien is spelled M-I-E-N (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mien is a French adjective meaning “(of) mine, my own” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui est à moi ou ceux qui sont à moi”.
What does mien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dated(of) mine, my own
Un mien ami.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ce qui est à moi ou ceux qui sont à moi.
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 mien
- mienne feminine
- miens masculine plural
- miennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mien?
- /mjɛ̃/
- \mjɛ̃\
- [mjɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mien in French?
mien appears 17 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).