népérien
French, adjective/ne.pe.ʁjɛ̃/
népérien is spelled N-É-P-É-R-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Népérien is a French adjective meaning “Napierian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inventé par Néper”.
What does népérien mean in English?
adjective
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Napierian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Inventé par Néper. 2. Qualifie un logarithmique, une exponentielle.
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 népérien
- népérienne feminine
- népériens masculine plural
- népériennes feminine plural
- néperien
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce népérien?
- /ne.pe.ʁjɛ̃/
- \ne.pe.ʁjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is népérien in French?
népérien appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).