Could someone tell me what the translation of ''un Lyonnais/une Lyonnaise'' is please. Many thanks.

Colin G.A2Kwiziq community member

Could someone tell me what the translation of ''un Lyonnais/une Lyonnaise'' is please. Many thanks.

Asked 3 months ago
Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Colin,

someone ( male, female respectively ) from Lyon. 

Same basic structure as, for example, ‘ un français, une française ‘.

Can refer to people native to the city, but also applied to people living in the city on a relatively long-term or permanent basis, who were not born there. 

Colin G. asked:

Could someone tell me what the translation of ''un Lyonnais/une Lyonnaise'' is please. Many thanks.

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