napoléonien
French, adjective/na.pɔ.le.ɔ.njɛ̃/
napoléonien is spelled N-A-P-O-L-É-O-N-I-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Napoléonien is a French adjective meaning “Napoleonic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Propre ou relatif à Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur français de 1804 à 1814 sous le nom de souverain de Napoléon…”.
What does napoléonien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Napoleonic
Les guerres napoléoniennes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propre ou relatif à Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur français de 1804 à 1814 sous le nom de souverain de Napoléon 1ᵉʳ. 2. Relatif à Napoléon III, à ses pompes ou à ses œuvres.
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 napoléonien
- napoléonienne feminine
- napoléoniens masculine plural
- napoléoniennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce napoléonien?
- /na.pɔ.le.ɔ.njɛ̃/
- \na.pɔ.le.ɔ.njɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to napoléonien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is napoléonien in French?
napoléonien 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).