sumérien
French, noun
sumérien is spelled S-U-M-É-R-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 83,718th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sumérien is a French masculine noun meaning “Sumerian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sumérien is a different word: “Sumerian person”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue morte autrefois parlée à Sumer, un isolat linguistique”.
What does sumérien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Sumerian
noun
- 1
masculineSumerian
noun
- 1
masculineSumerian person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue morte autrefois parlée à Sumer, un isolat linguistique.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Sumer.
noun: 1. Habitant de Sumer.
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 sumérien
- sumérienne feminine
- sumériens masculine plural
- sumériennes feminine plural
- Sumériens plural
- Sumérienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sumérien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sumérien in French?
sumérien appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).