uhlan
French, noun/y.lɑ̃/
uhlan is spelled U-H-L-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uhlan is a French masculine noun meaning “uhlan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom que portaient les lanciers dans les armées germaniques ou slaves”.
What does uhlan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineuhlan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est propre aux uhlans.
noun: 1. Nom que portaient les lanciers dans les armées germaniques ou slaves.
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 uhlan
- uhlans plural
- uhlane singular feminine
- uhlanes plural feminine
- hulan dated
- houlan
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uhlan?
- /y.lɑ̃/
- \y.lɑ̃\
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Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uhlan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uhlan in French?
uhlan appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).