cordillère
French, noun/kɔʁ.di.jɛʁ/
cordillère is spelled C-O-R-D-I-L-L-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cordillère is a French feminine noun meaning “cordillera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chaine de montagnes allongée et étroite résultant généralement de la rencontre de deux plaques tectoniques”.
What does cordillère mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecordillera
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chaine de montagnes allongée et étroite résultant généralement de la rencontre de deux plaques tectoniques. 2. Alignement (ressemblant à une chaîne de montagnes allongée et étroite).
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 cordillère
- cordillères plural
- cordeliere alternative
- cordillière alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cordillère?
- /kɔʁ.di.jɛʁ/
- \kɔʁ.di.jɛʁ\
- \kɔʁ.di.ʎɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cordillère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cordillère in French?
cordillère appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).