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amadou

French, noun/a.ma.du/

amadou is spelled A-M-A-D-O-U (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amadou is a French masculine noun meaning “lure; bait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance végétale extraite principalement de l'amadouvier (Fomes fomentarius) mais aussi d'autres…”.

What does amadou mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelure; bait

  2. 2

    masculinetinder; kindling; touchwood; spunk

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Substance végétale extraite principalement de l'amadouvier (Fomes fomentarius) mais aussi d'autres champignons dont la chair est coupée puis traitée à l'hydroxyde de potassium, c'est ce produit qui une fois sec servait d'hémostatique. Pour être utilisée dans les briquets cette substance était ensuite nitrée 2. Couleur noire similaire à celle de l’amadou. 3. Trame d’un champignon parasite des arbres : l’amadouvier, Fomes fomentarius. Elle consiste en une substance duveteuse composée de milliers de fibres microscopiques.

adjective: 1. De la couleur de cette substance.

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 amadou

  • amadous plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce amadou?

  • /a.ma.du/
  • \a.ma.du\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to amadou

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is amadou in French?

amadou appears 1.5 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).

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