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portoricain

French, adjective

portoricain is a French adjective meaning “Puerto Rican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Portoricain is a different word: “Puerto Rican (resident or native of Puerto Rico)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a un rapport avec Porto Rico”.

What does portoricain mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Puerto Rican

noun

as Portoricain
  1. 1

    masculinePuerto Rican (resident or native of Puerto Rico)

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a un rapport avec Porto Rico.

noun: 1. Habitant de Porto Rico. 2. Personne originaire de Porto Rico.

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 portoricain

  • portoricaine feminine
  • portoricains masculine plural
  • portoricaines feminine plural
  • Portoricains plural
  • Portoricaine feminine
  • porto-ricain
  • Porto-Ricain

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

How common is portoricain in French?

portoricain appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.

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