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oxfordien

French, adjective

oxfordien is a French adjective meaning “Oxfordian, Oxonian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Oxfordien is a different word: “Oxfordian, Oxonian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l’Oxfordien”.

What does oxfordien mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Oxfordian, Oxonian

noun

as Oxfordien
  1. 1

    masculineOxfordian, Oxonian

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Étage stratigraphique du Jurassique dans le Mésozoïque.

noun: 1. Habitant d’Oxford.

adjective: 1. Relatif à l’Oxfordien. 2. Relatif à la ville d’Oxford, à son université.

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 oxfordien

  • oxfordienne feminine
  • oxfordiens masculine plural
  • oxfordiennes feminine plural
  • Oxfordiens plural
  • Oxfordienne feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is oxfordien in French?

oxfordien 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).