new-yorkais

\nu.jɔʁ.kɛ\

/\nu.jɔʁ.kɛ\/ adj

The verdict

“new-yorkais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à New York, qui est originaire ou particulier à cette ville des États-Unis.

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Index FR-new-yorkais · new-yorkais · French

new-yorkais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for new-yorkais
PropertyValue
Headwordnew-yorkais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\nu.jɔʁ.kɛ\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « new-yorkais » en français

new-yorkaissiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

new-yorkais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \nu.jɔʁ.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à New York, qui est originaire ou particulier à cette ville des États-Unis.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for new-yorkais in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is new-yorkais, spelled N-E-W---Y-O-R-K-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à New York, qui est originaire ou particulier à cette ville des États-Unis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how new-yorkais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La forme particulière de l’île de Manhattan, […], dirigea les architectes new-yorkais vers les dimensions verticales extrêmes. Ils eurent à profusion tous les moyens de réalisation : l’argent, les matériaux, la main-d’œuvre.
  2. Psychiatre new-yorkais arrivée à l’écriture sur le tard, Arlene Heyman, née en 1943, déroule une carte du Tendre parcheminée, entre Viagra, désirs flétris et démons cacochymes.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "new-yorkais"?
"new-yorkais" is spelled N-E-W---Y-O-R-K-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \nu.jɔʁ.kɛ\.
What does "new-yorkais" mean?
As an adjective, "new-yorkais" means: Relatif à New York, qui est originaire ou particulier à cette ville des États-Unis.
How do you pronounce "new-yorkais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "new-yorkais" is \nu.jɔʁ.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "new-yorkais" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list