nubien
French, adjective
nubien is spelled N-U-B-I-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nubien is a French adjective meaning “Nubian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nubien is a different word: “Nubian person”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la Nubie, son peuple, son histoire”.
What does nubien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Nubian
noun
- 1
masculineNubian person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Nubie, ou personne en étant originaire.
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Nubie, son peuple, son histoire.
noun: 1. Langue parlée par les Nubiens.
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 nubien
- Nubiens plural
- Nubienne feminine
- nubienne feminine
- nubiens masculine plural
- nubiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nubien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nubien in French?
nubien appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).