roubaisien
French, adjective
roubaisien is spelled R-O-U-B-A-I-S-I-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roubaisien is a French adjective meaning “of Roubaix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Roubaisien is a different word: “resident or native of Roubaix”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à Roubaix, commune française située dans le département du Nord”.
What does roubaisien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Roubaix
noun
- 1
masculineresident or native of Roubaix
- 2
masculinePigeon breed from France (Roubaix), for fancy purposes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Roubaix, commune française située dans le département du Nord.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Roubaix, commune française située dans le département du Nord.
noun: 1. Race de pigeons, originaires de France (Roubaix), élancés et à plumes plaquées au corps.
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 roubaisien
- roubaisienne feminine
- roubaisiens masculine plural
- roubaisiennes feminine plural
- Roubaisiens plural
- Roubaisienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is roubaisien in French?
roubaisien appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).