maldonne
French, noun/mal.dɔn/
maldonne is spelled M-A-L-D-O-N-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maldonne is a French feminine noun meaning “misdeal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mauvaise distribution des cartes à jouer”.
What does maldonne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemisdeal
- 2
femininemistake, misunderstanding, misconception
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mauvaise distribution des cartes à jouer. 2. Erreur commise involontairement ou volontairement.
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 maldonne
- maldonnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maldonne?
- /mal.dɔn/
- \mal.dɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maldonne in French?
maldonne appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).