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orleans

Or·lé·ans
O o

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [awr-lee-uh nz; French awr-ley-ahn]
    • /ˈɔr li ənz; French ɔr leɪˈɑ̃/
    • /ˈɔːlɪənz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awr-lee-uh nz; French awr-ley-ahn]
    • /ˈɔr li ənz; French ɔr leɪˈɑ̃/

Definitions of orleans word

  • noun orleans Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader. 1
  • noun orleans a fabric formerly woven at Orléans 0
  • noun orleans a city in N central France, on the River Loire: famous for its deliverance by Joan of Arc from the long English siege in 1429; university (1305); an important rail and road junction. Pop: 116 256 (2006) 0
  • noun orleans Charles (ʃarl), Duc d'Orléans. 1394–1465, French poet; noted for the poems written during his imprisonment in England; father of Louis XII 0
  • noun orleans Louis Philippe Joseph (lwi filip ʒozɛf), Duc d'Orléans, known as Philippe Égalité (after 1792). 1747–93, French nobleman, who supported the French Revolution and voted for the death of his cousin, Louis XVI, but was executed after his son, the future king Louis-Philippe, defected to the Austrians 0
  • noun orleans branch of the house of Bourbon, one of whose members ( Louis Philippe) ruled France, 1830-48 0
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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