rhétien
French, adjective\ʁe.tjɛ̃\
rhétien is spelled R-H-É-T-I-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhétien is a French adjective meaning “Rhaetian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au Rhétien, l’étage le plus récent du Trias de la période géologique jurassique”.
What does rhétien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Rhaetian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au Rhétien, l’étage le plus récent du Trias de la période géologique jurassique.
noun: 1. Étage le plus récent du Trias (première période du mésozoïque, anciennement appelé ère secondaire), compris entre -203,6 et -199,6 millions d’années.
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 rhétien
- rhétienne feminine
- rhétiens masculine plural
- rhétiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rhétien?
- \ʁe.tjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rhétien in French?
rhétien appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).