conduit
French, noun/kɔ̃.dɥi/
conduit is spelled C-O-N-D-U-I-T (7 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written French, the 1,857th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conduit is a French masculine noun meaning “conduit (connecting pipe/channel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of conduire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tuyau, canal par lequel coule et passe quelque fluide”.
What does conduit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconduit (connecting pipe/channel)
- 2
masculinea conductus
verb
- 1
past participle of conduire
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of conduire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tuyau, canal par lequel coule et passe quelque fluide. 2. Genre musical vocal médiéval, sur un texte à caractère généralement paraliturgique, ou simplement moralisateur. Il s’agit d’un chant de « conduite ». 3. Motet d'église. 4. Sous l’Ancien Régime, désigne le feu ou le foyer, par métonymie et ellipse de conduit de cheminée.
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 conduit
- conduits plural
- conduite feminine
- conduites feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conduit?
- /kɔ̃.dɥi/
- \kɔ̃.dɥi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conduit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conduit in French?
conduit appears 45 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).