caronade
French, noun/ka.ʁɔ.nad/
caronade is spelled C-A-R-O-N-A-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caronade is a French feminine noun meaning “carronade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de canon gros et court, moins lourd mais de même calibre que ceux qui servaient alors, surtout en usage…”.
What does caronade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarronade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de canon gros et court, moins lourd mais de même calibre que ceux qui servaient alors, surtout en usage dans la marine de guerre.
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 caronade
- caronades plural
- caronnade
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caronade?
- /ka.ʁɔ.nad/
- \ka.ʁɔ.nad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caronade in French?
caronade appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).