ébaudir
\e.bo.diʁ\
The verdict
“ébaudir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre dans une joie bruyante et agitée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ebaudir · ébaudir · French
ébaudir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ébaudir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.bo.diʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ébaudir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ébaudir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.bo.diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ébaudir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ébaudir, spelled É-B-A-U-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre dans une joie bruyante et agitée.
- 2Susciter l’étonnement et l’admiration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ébaudir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussi nous entendons, ton père et moi, que tu en emploieras moitié à t'ébaudir honnêtement, comme il convient à ton âge, ou en achat de quelques joyaux bien ouvrés, propres à te récréer le dimanche, tels que montre d'argent à breloques de rubis ou d'émeraude, bilboquets d'ivoire et toupies de Nuremberg.
Était-il supportable que d’autres, à ma barbe, s’ébaudissent, s’ébattissent et dégustassent ensemble fraîches nouvelles et vin frais ? J’en eusse crevé de dépit.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.