bondrée
French, noun/bɔ̃.dʁe/
bondrée is spelled B-O-N-D-R-É-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bondrée is a French feminine noun meaning “honey buzzard (of genus Pernis or Henicopernis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oiseau de proie qui ressemble à la buse”.
What does bondrée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehoney buzzard (of genus Pernis or Henicopernis)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oiseau de proie qui ressemble à la buse.
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 bondrée
- bondrées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bondrée?
- /bɔ̃.dʁe/
- \bɔ̃.dʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bondrée in French?
bondrée appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).