minoen
French, adjective
minoen is spelled M-I-N-O-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minoen is a French adjective meaning “Minoan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, minoën is a different word: “alternative spelling of minoen”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la civilisation crétoise qui s'est développée entre le néolithique et l'âge du bronze (3000 av.…”.
What does minoen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Minoan
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of minoen
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of minoen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la civilisation crétoise qui s'est développée entre le néolithique et l'âge du bronze (3000 av. J.-C. - 1050 av. J.-C.) 2. Relatif au linéaire A et au linéaire B développé en Crète et en usage, plus tard, en Grèce.
noun: 1. Langue morte parlée en Crète.
noun: 1. Habitant de la Crète, de la civilisation de l’âge du bronze.
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 minoen
- minoenne feminine
- minoens masculine plural
- minoennes feminine plural
- minoënne feminine
- minoëns masculine plural
- minoënnes feminine plural
- Minoens plural
- Minoenne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to minoen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minoen in French?
minoen appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).