caduc
French, adjective/ka.dyk/
caduc is spelled C-A-D-U-C (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caduc is a French adjective meaning “deciduous (relating to trees that shed their leaves in winter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit d’un organe, notamment les feuilles, se détachant et tombant chaque année”.
What does caduc mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deciduous (relating to trees that shed their leaves in winter)
- 2
obsolete
- 3
null and void
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d’un organe, notamment les feuilles, se détachant et tombant chaque année. 2. Se dit d’un arbre dont les feuilles sont caduques. 3. Qui touche à sa fin, à sa ruine. 4. Qui est périmé, dépassé ou n’est plus valide.
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 caduc
- caduque feminine
- caducs masculine plural
- caduques feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caduc?
- /ka.dyk/
- \ka.dyk\
- [ka.dyk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caduc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caduc in French?
caduc appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).