bradel
French, noun/bʁa.dɛl/
bradel is spelled B-R-A-D-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bradel is a French masculine noun meaning “Bradel binding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reliure ou plutôt emboîtage des cahiers d’un livre dans une couverture rigide, sans que les cahiers ne soient…”.
What does bradel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBradel binding
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reliure ou plutôt emboîtage des cahiers d’un livre dans une couverture rigide, sans que les cahiers ne soient collés au dos de la couverture.
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 bradel
- bradels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bradel?
- /bʁa.dɛl/
- \bʁa.dɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bradel in French?
bradel appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).