Orléanaise
French, noun
Orléanaise is spelled O-R-L-É-A-N-A-I-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orléanaise is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Orléanais; female native or inhabitant of the city of Orleans, the prefecture of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, orléanaise is a different word: “feminine singular of orléanais”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante d’Orléans, commune française située dans le département du Loiret”.
What does Orléanaise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Orléanais; female native or inhabitant of the city of Orleans, the prefecture of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of orléanais
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante d’Orléans, commune française située dans le département du Loiret.
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 Orléanaise
- Orléanaises plural
- Orléanais masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Orléanaise in French?
Orléanaise appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).