ménade
\me.nad\
The verdict
“ménade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bacchante, femme qui célébrait les fêtes de Bacchus et se livrait à un délire qui allait jusqu’à la fureur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-menade · ménade · French
ménade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ménade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.nad\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ménade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.nad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ménade doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ménade, spelled M-É-N-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Bacchante, femme qui célébrait les fêtes de Bacchus et se livrait à un délire qui allait jusqu’à la fureur.
- 2Femme méchante ou emportée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ménade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi, en avril 1925, après une visite aux Ballets russes à Monte-Carlo, le peintre exécute un grand tableau, la Danse, qu’il modifie en apprenant la mort de son ami de jeunesse, Ramón Pichot. … La figure de ménade déchaînée à gauche pourrait être la femme de Pichot, Germaine.
Pierre coiffa sa femme d’un chapeau bordé de fourrure, l’enroula dans le manteau d’ocelot qu’il venait de lui acheter et qui lui donnait l’air d’une ménade (d’une ménade avec toute sa tête), et l’entraîna vivement dehors.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.