bendo
French, noun/bɛn.do/
bendo is spelled B-E-N-D-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bendo is a French masculine noun meaning “inferior living environment, banlieue, ghetto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce d’arbre de l’océan Indien et de l’Asie du sud-est, à fruit comestible, dont l’écorce et le bois sont…”.
What does bendo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslanginferior living environment, banlieue, ghetto
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce d’arbre de l’océan Indien et de l’Asie du sud-est, à fruit comestible, dont l’écorce et le bois sont utiles.
noun: 1. Banlieue ; taudis.
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 bendo
- bendos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bendo?
- /bɛn.do/
- \bɛn.do\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bendo in French?
bendo appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).