halde
French, noun/ald/
halde is spelled H-A-L-D-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 72,190th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halde is a French feminine noun meaning “spoil heap (of a mine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amoncellement formé dans une mine par les déchets et stériles issus de l’extraction du minerai”.
What does halde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespoil heap (of a mine)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amoncellement formé dans une mine par les déchets et stériles issus de l’extraction du minerai.
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 halde
- haldes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halde?
- /ald/
- \ald\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is halde in French?
halde appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).