shanghaïen
French, noun
shanghaïen is spelled S-H-A-N-G-H-A-Ï-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shanghaïen is a French masculine noun meaning “Shanghainese (dialect of Wu)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Shanghaïen is a different word: “Shanghainese (inhabitant)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue parlée à Shanghaï”.
What does shanghaïen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Shanghainese
noun
- 1
masculineShanghainese (dialect of Wu)
noun
- 1
masculineShanghainese (inhabitant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Shanghaï, personne originaire de Shanghaï.
adjective: 1. Relatif à la ville de Shanghaï, originaire de cette ville.
noun: 1. Langue parlée à Shanghaï.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de shanghaïen.
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de shanghaïen.
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 shanghaïen
- shanghaïenne feminine
- shanghaïens masculine plural
- shanghaïennes feminine plural
- Shanghaïens plural
- Shanghaïenne feminine
- Shangaïen alternative
- Shanghaien
- shanghaien
- shanghaiens plural
- shanghaienne singular feminine
- shanghaiennes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to shanghaïen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shanghaïen in French?
shanghaïen appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).