fardeau
French, noun/faʁ.do/
fardeau is spelled F-A-R-D-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fardeau is a French masculine noun meaning “burden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faix ; charge”.
What does fardeau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineburden
- 2
masculineload
- 3
masculinea worry or trouble
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faix ; charge. 2. Terres et roches qui menacent d’ébouler. 3. Soucis, peines ou douleurs qu’on a à supporter. 4. Ensemble d’éléments, de panneaux ou d'emballages liés en vue de leur expédition, de leur stockage ou de la facilité de leur manutention. Souvent il s'agit d’une palette, d'une caisse-palette, parfois d’un conteneur.
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 fardeau
- fardeaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fardeau?
- /faʁ.do/
- \faʁ.do\
- [faʁ.do]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fardeau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fardeau in French?
fardeau appears 5.9 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).