saintongeais
French, noun/sɛ̃.tɔ̃.ʒɛ/
saintongeais is spelled S-A-I-N-T-O-N-G-E-A-I-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saintongeais is a French masculine noun meaning “Saintongeais or Saintongese (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue d'oïl parlée en Saintonge”.
What does saintongeais mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Saintonge
noun
- 1
masculineSaintongeais or Saintongese (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Saintonge, à ses habitants ou à sa culture. 2. Relatif au saintongeais, langue parlée en Saintonge.
noun: 1. Langue d'oïl parlée en Saintonge.
noun: 1. Habitant de la Saintonge.
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 saintongeais
- saintongeaise feminine
- saintongeaises feminine plural
- saintongeois archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saintongeais?
- /sɛ̃.tɔ̃.ʒɛ/
- \sɛ̃.tɔ̃.ʒɛ\
- \sɛ̃.tɔ.ʒɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is saintongeais in French?
saintongeais 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).