baladeur
French, noun/ba.la.dœʁ/
baladeur is spelled B-A-L-A-D-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baladeur is a French masculine noun meaning “walkman, personal stereo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui aime à se balader”.
What does baladeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewalkman, personal stereo
adjective
- 1
walking, rambling
- 2
wandering
avoir les mains baladeuses
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se balade.
noun: 1. Celui qui aime à se balader. 2. Pièce mécanique coulissant le long d’un arbre. 3. Appareil portatif individuel de reproduction sonore et éventuellement d'enregistrement, muni d'un casque à écouteurs, que l'on peut utiliser en se déplaçant ; utilisé habituellement pour écouter de la musique. 4. Rôle court mais qui oblige son interprète à intervenir tout au long d’une pièce de théâtre.
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 baladeur
- baladeurs plural
- baladeuse feminine
- baladeuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baladeur?
- /ba.la.dœʁ/
- \ba.la.dœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baladeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baladeur in French?
baladeur appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).