simien
French, noun/si.mjɛ̃/
simien is spelled S-I-M-I-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simien is a French masculine noun meaning “simian, monkey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Singe appartenant à l'ordre des primates et à l'infra-ordre des platyrhiniens ( « singes du Nouveau Monde »)…”.
What does simien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
simian
noun
- 1
masculinesimian, monkey
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au singe ; simiesque.
noun: 1. Singe appartenant à l'ordre des primates et à l'infra-ordre des platyrhiniens ( « singes du Nouveau Monde ») ou des catarhiniens (« singes de l'Ancien Monde »).
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 simien
- simienne feminine
- simiens masculine plural
- simiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce simien?
- /si.mjɛ̃/
- \si.mjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to simien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simien in French?
simien appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).