voltairien
French, adjective/vɔl.tɛ.ʁjɛ̃/
voltairien is spelled V-O-L-T-A-I-R-I-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voltairien is a French adjective meaning “Voltairean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à Voltaire”.
What does voltairien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Voltairean
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à Voltaire. 2. Relatif aux idées et à la philosophie de Voltaire. 3. Qui partage les idées de Voltaire ; qui est sceptique, hédoniste et peu porté à la dévotion.
noun: 1. Personne qui partage les idées de Voltaire et approuve son combat contre l’obscurantisme et la bigoterie.
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 voltairien
- voltairienne feminine
- voltairiens masculine plural
- voltairiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voltairien?
- /vɔl.tɛ.ʁjɛ̃/
- /vɔl.te.ʁjɛ̃/
- \vɔl.tɛ.ʁjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is voltairien in French?
voltairien appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).