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viennois

French, adjective

viennois is spelled V-I-E-N-N-O-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viennois is a French adjective meaning “of or relating to Vienna, Austria; Viennese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Viennois is a different word: “a native or inhabitant of Vienna, Austria; a Viennese”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la ville de Vienne (Autriche) ou ses habitants”.

What does viennois mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of or relating to Vienna, Austria; Viennese

  2. 2

    of or relating to Vienne, Isère, France

noun

as Viennois
  1. 1

    masculinea native or inhabitant of Vienna, Austria; a Viennese

  2. 2

    masculinea native or inhabitant of Vienne, Isère, France

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Habitant de la ville de Vienne, en Autriche. 2. Habitant de la ville de Vienne, en France.

adjective: 1. Relatif à la ville de Vienne (Autriche) ou ses habitants. 2. Relatif au land fédéral de Vienne (Autriche) ou ses habitants. 3. Relatif à la ville de Vienne (France) ou ses habitants.

noun: 1. Pain viennois.

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 viennois

  • viennoise feminine
  • viennoises feminine plural
  • Viennoise feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to viennois

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is viennois in French?

viennois appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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