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aride

French, adjective/a.ʁid/

aride is spelled A-R-I-D-E (5 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aride is a French adjective meaning “arid (very dry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie un milieu ou un climat très sec, caractérisé par une absence ou une très faible quantité d’humidité…”.

What does aride mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    arid (very dry)

  2. 2

    dry (free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness)

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qualifie un milieu ou un climat très sec, caractérisé par une absence ou une très faible quantité d’humidité limitant fortement la végétation. 2. Très sec, qui est dépourvu d’intérêt, qui manque de sensibilité. 3. Se dit d’une surface qui présente une certaine sécheresse et âpreté au doigt.

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 aride

  • arides plural

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

How do you pronounce aride?

  • /a.ʁid/
  • \a.ʁid\

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

English words that translate to aride

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

How common is aride in French?

aride appears 1.6 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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