mordu
French, noun/mɔʁ.dy/
mordu is spelled M-O-R-D-U (5 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mordu is a French masculine noun meaning “enthusiast, buff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of mordre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Passionné ; fan ; aficionado”.
What does mordu mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineenthusiast, buff
C'est un mordu de cinéma.
verb
- 1
past participle of mordre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a été entamé par les dents. 2. Qui a subi quelque atteinte comparée à une morsure. 3. Passionné, fan. 4. Se dit des parties qui sont comme tronquées irrégulièrement.
noun: 1. Passionné ; fan ; aficionado.
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 mordu
- mordus plural
- mordue feminine
- mordues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mordu?
- /mɔʁ.dy/
- \mɔʁ.dy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mordu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mordu in French?
mordu appears 2.7 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).