rochelais
French, adjective
rochelais is spelled R-O-C-H-E-L-A-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rochelais is a French adjective meaning “of La Rochelle, France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rochelais is a different word: “native or inhabitant of La Rochelle, France (usually male)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à La Roche-Posay, commune de la Vienne”.
What does rochelais mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of La Rochelle, France
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of La Rochelle, France (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de La Roche-Posay, commune française située dans le département de la Vienne. 2. Habitant de La Rochelle, commune française située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
adjective: 1. Relatif à La Roche-Posay, commune de la Vienne. 2. Relatif à La Rochelle, commune de la Charente-Maritime.
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 rochelais
- Rochelaise feminine
- rochelaise feminine
- rochelaises feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is rochelais in French?
rochelais 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).