nancéien
French, adjective
nancéien is spelled N-A-N-C-É-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 86,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nancéien is a French adjective meaning “of, from or relating to the city of Nancy, the prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nancéien is a different word: “native or inhabitant of the city of Nancy, the prefecture of the…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à Nancy, commune française située en Meurthe-et-Moselle”.
What does nancéien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of, from or relating to the city of Nancy, the prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of the city of Nancy, the prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Nancy, commune française située en Meurthe-et-Moselle.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Nancy, commune française située en Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 nancéien
- Nancéiens plural
- Nancéienne feminine
- nancéienne feminine
- nancéiens masculine plural
- nancéiennes feminine plural
- Nancéen
- nancéen
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nancéien in French?
nancéien appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).