blindé
French, noun
blindé is spelled B-L-I-N-D-É (6 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blindé is a French masculine noun meaning “armored vehicle in general” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of blinder. Without its accent, blinde is a different word: “pieces of wood used as cover or protection”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Véhicule militaire protégé par un blindage”.
What does blindé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
armoured, armour-plated; reinforced
- 2
hardened, immune
- 3
slangpissed, hammered (drunk)
- 4
slangrich, minting it
- 5
slangovercrowded
La ligne 13 est toujours blindée !
noun
- 1
masculinearmored vehicle in general
verb
- 1
past participle of blinder
noun
- 1
femininepieces of wood used as cover or protection
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de bois, tronc d’arbre, pour soutenir des fascines, couvrir une tranchée. 2. Tronçon de vieux câble, de vieux cordage.
noun: 1. Enjeu, mise au poker, faite à l'aveuglette, avant d’avoir vu ses cartes.
noun: 1. Véhicule militaire protégé par un blindage.
adjective: 1. Qui possède un blindage. 2. Relatif aux véhicules de guerre munis d'un blindage. 3. Ivre. 4. Riche.
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 blindé
- blindes plural
- blindée feminine
- blindés masculine plural
- blindées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to blindé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blindé in French?
blindé appears 4.1 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).