calade
French, noun/ka.lad/
calade is spelled C-A-L-A-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calade is a French feminine noun meaning “a harmonious, decorative and useful arrangement of medium-sized pebbles, fixed to the ground” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pente d’un terrain élevé par où l’on fait descendre plusieurs fois un cheval au petit galop pour lui…”.
What does calade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea harmonious, decorative and useful arrangement of medium-sized pebbles, fixed to the ground
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pente d’un terrain élevé par où l’on fait descendre plusieurs fois un cheval au petit galop pour lui apprendre à plier les hanches et à former son arrêt. 2. Rue empierrée de galets, souvent pentue, comme on en trouve surtout dans le sud de la France. 3. Type d’empierrement décoratif à base de galets.
adjective: 1. Qui a les caractéristiques d'une calade.
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 calade
- calades plural
- caladés plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calade?
- /ka.lad/
- \ka.lad\
- \ka.la.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calade in French?
calade 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).