demande
French, noun
demande is spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E (7 letters) and appears 324 times per million words in written French, the 250th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demande is a French feminine noun meaning “request (act of requesting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of demander. With an accent, demandé is a different word: “in demand”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de demander : requête”.
What does demande mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerequest (act of requesting)
à la demande
- 2
femininedemand
l'offre et la demande
- 3
femininesmall fine (paid after breaking a rule)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
in demand
verb
- 1
past participle of demander
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de demander : requête. 2. Démarche par laquelle on demande une jeune fille en mariage à ses parents. 3. Écrit qui contient une demande : requête. 4. Quantité de produits ou de services demandée par les acheteurs.
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 demande
- demandes plural
- demandée feminine
- demandés masculine plural
- demandées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to demande
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is demande in French?
demande appears 324 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).