citronnade
\si.tʁɔ.nad\
The verdict
“citronnade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boisson à base de sucre, de jus de citron et d’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-citronnade · citronnade · French
citronnade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citronnade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.tʁɔ.nad\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
citronnade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.tʁɔ.nad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boisson à base de sucre, de jus de citron et d’eau.".
citronnade has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is citronnade, spelled C-I-T-R-O-N-N-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Boisson à base de sucre, de jus de citron et d’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how citronnade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et tu me feras des citronnades glacées…
À deux heures de l’après-midi, Zaza et Pradelle vinrent me chercher ; après avoir bu une citronnade au Café de Flore, qui n’était alors qu’un petit café de quartier, nous nous promenâmes longtemps dans le Luxembourg pavoisé de grands iris jaunes et mauves.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.