coudonc
French, interjection/ku.dɔ̃k/
coudonc is spelled C-O-U-D-O-N-C (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coudonc is a French interjection meaning “expressing surprise, impatience, or incomprehension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Interjection exprimant la surprise, l’impatience, l’incompréhension ou la résignation”.
What does coudonc mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Quebecexpressing surprise, impatience, or incomprehension
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Interjection exprimant la surprise, l’impatience, l’incompréhension ou la résignation.
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 coudonc
- coudon
- cout’donc
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coudonc?
- /ku.dɔ̃k/
- \ku.dɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coudonc in French?
coudonc appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).