moldave
French, noun
moldave is spelled M-O-L-D-A-V-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moldave is a French masculine noun meaning “Moldavian (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Moldave is a different word: “Moldovan”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue romane parlée en Roumanie, en Moldavie et en Transnistrie”.
What does moldave mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Moldavian
noun
- 1
masculineMoldavian (language)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineMoldovan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Moldavie, aux Moldaves.
noun: 1. Langue romane parlée en Roumanie, en Moldavie et en Transnistrie.
noun: 1. Habitant, habitante, de la Moldavie.
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 moldave
- moldaves plural
- Moldaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to moldave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moldave in French?
moldave appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).