polonais
French, noun
polonais is spelled P-O-L-O-N-A-I-S (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polonais is a French masculine noun meaning “Polish, the Polish language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Polonais is a different word: “Pole, resident or native of Poland”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue slave parlée en Pologne. Ses codes ISO 639-2 et -3 sont pl et pol, respectivement”.
What does polonais mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePolish, the Polish language
adjective
- 1
Polish
noun
- 1
masculinePole, resident or native of Poland
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 Pologne et à ses habitants. 2. Relatif à la langue polonaise. 3. Dit de certains espaces topologiques remarquables.
noun: 1. Langue slave parlée en Pologne. Ses codes ISO 639-2 et -3 sont pl et pol, respectivement. 2. Fer à repasser arrondi aux deux bouts.
noun: 1. Race de lapins, originaires d’Angleterre, de très petite taille, à robe blanche.
noun: 1. Habitant de la Pologne ; ou personne qui en est originaire. 2. Peuple slave qui vit essentiellement en Pologne.
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 polonais
- polonaise feminine
- polonaises feminine plural
- Polonaise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polonais
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polonais in French?
polonais appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).