bond
French, noun/bɔ̃/
bond is spelled B-O-N-D (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bond is a French masculine noun meaning “jump, bound, leap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de bondir, de s’élever brusquement dans les airs, saut”.
What does bond mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejump, bound, leap
d'un bond
- 2
masculinebounce
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de bondir, de s’élever brusquement dans les airs, saut. 2. Mouvement que fait un ballon ou une balle, lorsque, étant tombé à terre, il se relève plus ou moins haut, rebond. 3. Saut que le cheval exécute des quatre pieds à la fois, sur place. 4. Étape de l’avance des troupes au combat.
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 bond
- bonds plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bond?
- /bɔ̃/
- \bɔ̃\
- [bɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bond
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bond in French?
bond appears 10 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).