préhistorien
French, noun/pʁe.is.tɔ.ʁjɛ̃/
préhistorien is a French masculine noun meaning “prehistorian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Historien spécialisé dans la période de la préhistoire”.
What does préhistorien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprehistorian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Historien spécialisé dans la période de la préhistoire.
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 préhistorien
- préhistoriens plural
- préhistorienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préhistorien?
- /pʁe.is.tɔ.ʁjɛ̃/
- \pʁe.i.stɔ.ʁjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is préhistorien in French?
préhistorien appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).