clade
French, noun/klad/
clade is spelled C-L-A-D-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clade is a French masculine noun meaning “clade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe monophylétique d’êtres vivants comprenant un ancêtre commun unique et tous ses descendants, formant…”.
What does clade mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclade
- 2
masculinebranch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe monophylétique d’êtres vivants comprenant un ancêtre commun unique et tous ses descendants, formant une unité évolutive naturelle.
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 clade
- clades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clade?
- /klad/
- \klad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clade in French?
clade appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).