western
French, noun/wɛs.tɛʁn/
western is spelled W-E-S-T-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Western is a French masculine noun meaning “western (film genre)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre cinématographique dont l’action se situe en Amérique du Nord lors de la conquête de l’Ouest”.
What does western mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewestern (film genre)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre cinématographique dont l’action se situe en Amérique du Nord lors de la conquête de l’Ouest. 2. Style musical québécois se rapprochant du country américain, mais généralement en français.
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 western
- westerns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce western?
- /wɛs.tɛʁn/
- \wɛs.tɛʁn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to western
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is western in French?
western appears 5.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).