cantonade
French, noun/kɑ̃.tɔ.nad/
cantonade is spelled C-A-N-T-O-N-A-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantonade is a French feminine noun meaning “box seats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intérieur des coulisses”.
What does cantonade mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininebox seats
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Intérieur des coulisses.
noun: 1. Action à la manière d'Éric Cantona.
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 cantonade
- cantonades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantonade?
- /kɑ̃.tɔ.nad/
- \kɑ̃.tɔ.nad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cantonade in French?
cantonade appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).