Oranaise
French, noun
Oranaise is spelled O-R-A-N-A-I-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oranaise is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Oranais” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, oranaise is a different word: “feminine singular of oranais”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante d’Oran”.
What does Oranaise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Oranais
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of oranais
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante d’Oran.
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 Oranaise
- Oranaises plural
- Oranais masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Oranaise in French?
Oranaise appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).