leader
French, noun/li.dœʁ/
leader is spelled L-E-A-D-E-R (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leader is a French masculine noun meaning “leader” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui se trouve à la tête d’un parti politique ou d’un groupe quelconque”.
What does leader mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui se trouve à la tête d’un parti politique ou d’un groupe quelconque. 2. Numéro un d’un secteur économique. 3. Avion qui guide une formation aérienne au cours d’une opération ; officier chef de bord sur cet avion. 4. Dans le parlement canadien, député responsable pour chaque parti de la bonne marche des travaux législatifs de la chambre.
verb: 1. Diriger (des personnes, un projet…).
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 leader
- leaders plural
- leadeur alternative
- avoir leadé infinitive past
- en leadant gerund present
- en ayant leadé gerund past
- leadant participle present
- leadé participle past
- je leade indicative present
- tu leades indicative present
- il/elle/on leade indicative present
- nous leadons indicative present
- vous leadez indicative present
- ils/elles leadent indicative present
- j’ai leadé indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as leadé indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a leadé indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons leadé indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez leadé indicative past multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leader?
- /li.dœʁ/
- \li.dœʁ\
- [ɛ̃ li.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 leader
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leader in French?
leader appears 28 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).