leude
French, noun/lød/
leude is spelled L-E-U-D-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leude is a French masculine noun meaning “vassal, leud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compagnon du roi et possesseur d’un fief, dans les premiers temps de la monarchie franque”.
What does leude mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevassal, leud
noun
- 1
femininea tax or toll levied in Southern France
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compagnon du roi et possesseur d’un fief, dans les premiers temps de la monarchie franque.
noun: 1. Droit de péage qui se levait en Languedoc → voir laide en ancien français.
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 leude
- leudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leude?
- /lød/
- \lød\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is leude in French?
leude appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).