westphalien
French, adjective
westphalien is spelled W-E-S-T-P-H-A-L-I-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Westphalien is a French adjective meaning “Westphalian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Westphalien is a different word: “Westphalian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la Westphalie”.
What does westphalien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Westphalian
noun
- 1
masculineWestphalian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Westphalie. 2. Relatif au Westphalien, étage du Carbonifère. 3. Relatif aux traités de Westphalie qui, signés en 1648 en Westphalie, mirent fin à la guerre de Trente Ans et marquèrent les relations internationales.
noun: 1. Dialecte allemand de Westphalie.
noun: 1. Race de cheval de selle allemand.
noun: 1. Habitant de la Westphalie.
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 westphalien
- Westphaliens plural
- Westphalienne feminine
- westphalienne feminine
- westphaliens masculine plural
- westphaliennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to westphalien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is westphalien in French?
westphalien appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).