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carbonnade

French, noun/kaʁ.bɔ.nad/

carbonnade is spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-N-A-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carbonnade is a French feminine noun meaning “carbonade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière d’apprêter les viandes en les faisant griller sur des charbons”.

What does carbonnade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecarbonade

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Manière d’apprêter les viandes en les faisant griller sur des charbons. 2. Viande ainsi apprêtée. 3. Bœuf braisé, cuit dans la bière. 4. Bœuf en daube au vin rouge.

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 carbonnade

  • carbonnades plural
  • carbonade

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce carbonnade?

  • /kaʁ.bɔ.nad/
  • \kaʁ.bɔ.nad\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to carbonnade

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is carbonnade in French?

carbonnade appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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