frondeur
French, noun/fʁɔ̃.dœʁ/
frondeur is spelled F-R-O-N-D-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frondeur is a French masculine noun meaning “slinger (someone who slings or who uses a sling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui lance des pierres, des balles, avec une fronde”.
What does frondeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslinger (someone who slings or who uses a sling)
- 2
masculinemember of the Fronde (civil war in France, 1648–1653)
- 3
masculinepolitical rebel
adjective
- 1
politically disapproving, malcontent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui lance des pierres, des balles, avec une fronde. 2. Celui qui fronde, qui critique les autorités établies ou les opinions reçues. 3. Opposant politique sous Louis XIV. 4. Parlementaire contestant la ligne politique de son groupe politique.
adjective: 1. Qui désapprouve, qui blâme, qui critique, qui contredit.
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 frondeur
- frondeurs plural
- frondeuse feminine
- frondeuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frondeur?
- /fʁɔ̃.dœʁ/
- \fʁɔ̃.dœʁ\
- [œ̃ fʁɔ̃.dœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frondeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frondeur in French?
frondeur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).