gardienne
French, noun/ɡaʁ.djɛn/
gardienne is spelled G-A-R-D-I-E-N-N-E (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gardienne is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of gardien” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.
What does gardienne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of gardien
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 2. Celle qui protège ou qui est commise pour protéger quelque chose. 3. Celle qui assure la garde de quelque chose, qui est chargée de veiller à sa conservation. 4. Gardienne de but.
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 gardienne
- gardiennes plural
- gardien masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gardienne?
- /ɡaʁ.djɛn/
- \ɡaʁ.djɛn\
- [nouchi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gardienne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gardienne in French?
gardienne appears 2.3 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).