cédule
French, noun/se.dyl/
cédule is spelled C-É-D-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cédule is a French feminine noun meaning “debt certificate, borrower's note, payment agreement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Écrit, billet sous seing privé, par lequel on reconnaît devoir quelque somme”.
What does cédule mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininedebt certificate, borrower's note, payment agreement
- 2
femininenote
- 3
Canadafeminineschedule
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Écrit, billet sous seing privé, par lequel on reconnaît devoir quelque somme. 2. Petite note, billet. 3. Écrit portant citation devant un tribunal. 4. Chaque liste ou catégorie de revenus imposables.
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 cédule
- cédules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cédule?
- /se.dyl/
- \se.dyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cédule in French?
cédule 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).