Milanaise
French, noun
Milanaise is spelled M-I-L-A-N-A-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milanaise is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Milanais; female Milanese (female native or inhabitant of the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, milanaise is a different word: “feminine singular of milanais”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante de Milon-la-Chapelle, commune française située dans le département des Yvelines”.
What does Milanaise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Milanais; female Milanese (female native or inhabitant of the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of milanais
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrage de passementerie aussi nommée napolitaine.
noun: 1. Habitante de Milon-la-Chapelle, commune française située dans le département des Yvelines.
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 Milanaise
- Milanaises plural
- milanaises plural
- Milanais masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Milanaise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Milanaise in French?
Milanaise appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).