salien
French, adjective\sa.ljɛ̃\
salien is spelled S-A-L-I-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salien is a French adjective meaning “Salian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au culte du dieu Mars”.
What does salien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Salian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au culte du dieu Mars. 2. Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux Francs Saliens, peuple établi dans le delta du Rhin au début de notre ère et qui conquit la Gaule. 3. Qui concerne la ville de Sale, en Angleterre.
noun: 1. Prêtre du culte du dieu Mars.
noun: 1. Habitant de Sale, en Angleterre.
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 salien
- salienne feminine
- saliens masculine plural
- saliennes feminine plural
- Saliens plural
- Salienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salien?
- \sa.ljɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is salien in French?
salien appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).