bravade
French, noun/bʁa.vad/
bravade is spelled B-R-A-V-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bravade is a French feminine noun meaning “bravado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de braver ; paroles ou gestes de défi envers un individu ou un groupe”.
What does bravade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebravado
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de braver ; paroles ou gestes de défi envers un individu ou un groupe. 2. Feinte bravoure. 3. Fête provençale.
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 bravade
- bravades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bravade?
- /bʁa.vad/
- \bʁa.vad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bravade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bravade in French?
bravade appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).