baudroie
French, noun/bo.dʁwa/
baudroie is spelled B-A-U-D-R-O-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baudroie is a French feminine noun meaning “anglerfish (of genus Histrio)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson osseux marin, à tête énorme, au corps oblong et presque cylindrique, vivant le long des côtes…”.
What does baudroie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanglerfish (of genus Histrio)
- 2
femininemonkfish (of genus Lophius)
- 3
femininegoosefish (of genus Lophiodes)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poisson osseux marin, à tête énorme, au corps oblong et presque cylindrique, vivant le long des côtes d’Europe et d’Amérique.
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 baudroie
- baudroies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baudroie?
- /bo.dʁwa/
- \bo.dʁwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baudroie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baudroie in French?
baudroie appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).