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pavlovien

French, adjective/pa.vlɔ.vjɛ̃/

pavlovien is spelled P-A-V-L-O-V-I-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pavlovien is a French adjective meaning “of Pavlov; Pavlovian (relating to the theories of Ivan Pavlov)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la vie et aux travaux d’Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, en particulier concernant le réflexe conditionné”.

What does pavlovien mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of Pavlov; Pavlovian (relating to the theories of Ivan Pavlov)

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif à la vie et aux travaux d’Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, en particulier concernant le réflexe conditionné. 2. Qui concerne le Pavlovien, culture du Paléolithique supérieur.

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 pavlovien

  • pavlovienne feminine
  • pavloviens masculine plural
  • pavloviennes feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce pavlovien?

  • /pa.vlɔ.vjɛ̃/
  • \pav.lɔ.vjɛ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pavlovien

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pavlovien in French?

pavlovien appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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