provincial
French, noun/pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sjal/
provincial is spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A-L (10 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,048th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provincial is a French masculine noun meaning “person from the provinces/regions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitant de la province”.
What does provincial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
provincial
noun
- 1
masculineperson from the provinces/regions
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à une province, qui concerne une province. 2. Qualifie l’air, les manières, le langage, etc. (simplicité, rusticité, manque de finesse, etc.), appartenant ou supposés appartenir aux habitants de province, par opposition à l’air, aux manières, etc. des habitants de la région capitale dite francilienne.
noun: 1. Habitant de la province.
noun: 1. Supérieur général d’un ordre religieux qui a inspection sur toutes les maisons d’une province de son ordre.
noun: 1. (Par ellipse) Gouvernement provincial.
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 provincial
- provinciale feminine
- provinciaux masculine plural
- provinciales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provincial?
- /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sjal/
- \pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sjal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provincial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provincial in French?
provincial appears 9.3 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).