sénonien
French, adjective
sénonien is spelled S-É-N-O-N-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sénonien is a French adjective meaning “Senonian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sénonien is a different word: “Senonian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une division stratigraphique de la fin du Crétacé supérieur (Mésozoïque)”.
What does sénonien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Senonian
noun
- 1
masculineSenonian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie une division stratigraphique de la fin du Crétacé supérieur (Mésozoïque). 2. Qualifie un vaste banc de craie qui occupe une partie du Sénonais et d’autres contrées de la Champagne.
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 sénonien
- sénonienne feminine
- sénoniens masculine plural
- sénoniennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is sénonien in French?
sénonien appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).