dandy
French, noun/dɑ̃.di/
dandy is spelled D-A-N-D-Y (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dandy is a French masculine noun meaning “dandy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élégant se réclamant du dandysme”.
What does dandy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedandy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élégant se réclamant du dandysme. 2. Homme qui se pique d’une suprême élégance dans sa toilette et dans ses manières.
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 dandy
- dandys plural
- dandies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dandy?
- /dɑ̃.di/
- \dɑ̃.di\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dandy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dandy in French?
dandy appears 1.2 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).