marchande
French, noun
marchande is spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D-E (9 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marchande is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of marchand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, marchandé is a different word: “past participle of marchander”.
What does marchande mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of marchand
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of marchander
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui exerce une activité de marchand. 2. Épouse d’un marchand en gros.
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 marchande
- marchandée feminine
- marchandés masculine plural
- marchandées feminine plural
- marchandes plural
- marchand masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to marchande
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marchande in French?
marchande appears 4.3 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).