frondaison
French, noun/fʁɔ̃.dɛ.zɔ̃/
frondaison is spelled F-R-O-N-D-A-I-S-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frondaison is a French feminine noun meaning “foliage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Végétation des arbres et des arbustes”.
What does frondaison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefoliage
- 2
femininefoliation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Végétation des arbres et des arbustes. 2. L’ensemble des branches ou des feuilles. 3. La production de ces feuilles et de ces branches.
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 frondaison
- frondaisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frondaison?
- /fʁɔ̃.dɛ.zɔ̃/
- /fʁɔ̃.de.zɔ̃/
- \fʁɔ̃.dɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frondaison in French?
frondaison appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).