gambade
French, noun
gambade is spelled G-A-M-B-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gambade is a French feminine noun meaning “frolic, gambol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of gambader. With an accent, gambadé is a different word: “past participle of gambader”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Saut vif et sans règle qui dénote de la gaieté, de l’entrain”.
What does gambade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefrolic, gambol
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of gambader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saut vif et sans règle qui dénote de la gaieté, de l’entrain.
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 gambade
- gambades plural
- gambadée feminine
- gambadés masculine plural
- gambadées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gambade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gambade in French?
gambade appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).