népalais
French, noun
népalais is spelled N-É-P-A-L-A-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Népalais is a French masculine noun meaning “Nepalese (the language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Népalais is a different word: “Nepalese (person)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue parlée au Népal”.
What does népalais mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Nepal; Nepalese, Nepali
noun
- 1
masculineNepalese (the language)
noun
- 1
masculineNepalese (person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue parlée au Népal.
adjective: 1. Relatif au (ou originaire du) Népal, ses habitants, sa langue, sa culture. 2. Relatif au népalais (la langue).
noun: 1. Habitant ou natif du Népal ^([1]) ^([2]). 2. Peuple qui vit essentiellement au Népal.
noun: 1. Langue parlée au Népal.
adjective: 1. Relatif au (ou originaire du) Népal, ses habitants, sa langue, sa culture.
noun: 1. Habitant ou originaire du Népal.
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 népalais
- népalaise feminine
- népalaises feminine plural
- Népalaise feminine
- népâlais
- Népâlais
- népalais
- népâlaise singular feminine
- népâlaises plural feminine
- Népâlaise feminine
- Népalais
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to népalais
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is népalais in French?
népalais appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).