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débridé

French, adjective

débridé is spelled D-É-B-R-I-D-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débridé is a French adjective meaning “unbridled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of débrider. With an accent, débride is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est plus attaché par une bride”.

What does débridé mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unbridled

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of débrider

verb

as débride
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui n’est plus attaché par une bride. 2. Qui ne se donne pas de limites. 3. Qualifie les yeux qui ont été opérés pour ne plus être bridés ; dont l'épicanthus a été réduit. 4. Qualifie un engin dont le bridage a été retiré, lui permettant ainsi de dépasser les limites originelles, notamment une vitesse artificiellement limitée.

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 débridé

  • débridée feminine
  • débridés masculine plural
  • débridées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to débridé

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is débridé in French?

débridé 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).

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