jade
French, noun/ʒad/
jade is spelled J-A-D-E (4 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jade is a French masculine noun meaning “jade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre dure et translucide d’une couleur verdâtre ou olivâtre, parfois blanche”.
What does jade mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pierre dure et translucide d’une couleur verdâtre ou olivâtre, parfois blanche. 2. Objet fait en jade.
adjective: 1. De la couleur de la pierre de jade, vert doux et laiteux. #87E990
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 jade
- jades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jade?
- /ʒad/
- \ʒad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jade in French?
jade appears 4.4 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).