friand
French, noun/fʁi.jɑ̃/
friand is spelled F-R-I-A-N-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Friand is a French masculine noun meaning “friand (a sausage wrapped in puff pastry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit gâteau de pâte feuilletée contenant de la viande (généralement de la chair à saucisse)”.
What does friand mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cultured, having good taste
- 2
delicious, tasty
noun
- 1
masculinefriand (a sausage wrapped in puff pastry)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aime la chère fine et délicate, et qui s’y connaît. 2. Qui manifeste de l'appétit. 3. Qui aime beaucoup d’une chose et la recherche avec empressement. 4. Qui est agréable à manger, qui est alléchant par sa délicatesse.
noun: 1. Petit gâteau de pâte feuilletée contenant de la viande (généralement de la chair à saucisse).
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 friand
- friande feminine
- friands masculine plural
- friandes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce friand?
- /fʁi.jɑ̃/
- \fʁi.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is friand in French?
friand appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).