radian
French, noun/ʁa.djɑ̃/
radian is a French masculine noun meaning “radian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de l’angle plan du Système international, dont le symbole est rad. C’est l’angle qui…”.
What does radian mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineradian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de l’angle plan du Système international, dont le symbole est rad. C’est l’angle qui sous-tend un arc de cercle de longueur égale à son rayon.
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 radian
- radians plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce radian?
- /ʁa.djɑ̃/
- \ʁa.djɑ̃\
- [ʁa.djɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to radian
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is radian in French?
radian appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).