cadence
French, noun
cadence is spelled C-A-D-E-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadence is a French feminine noun meaning “cadence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cadencer. With an accent, cadencé is a different word: “rhythmic”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suite régulière de sons, de gestes, de mouvements, d’événements, etc., rythme”.
What does cadence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecadence
- 2
femininerate
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
rhythmic
verb
- 1
past participle of cadencer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suite régulière de sons, de gestes, de mouvements, d’événements, etc., rythme. 2. Chute, terminaison d’une période, d’une phrase ou d’un membre de phrase. 3. Mesure qui règle le mouvement de celui qui danse. 4. Mouvement réglé du pas.
adjective: 1. Qui respecte un rythme régulier, et souvent cyclique. 2. Qualifie des phrases, des périodes, des vers auxquels ont a donné du nombre pour les rendre agréables à l’oreille par des repos habilement ménagés.
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 cadence
- cadences plural
- cadencée feminine
- cadencés masculine plural
- cadencées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cadence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cadence in French?
cadence appears 3.6 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).