ondatra
French, noun/ɔ̃.da.tʁa/
ondatra is spelled O-N-D-A-T-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ondatra is a French masculine noun meaning “ondatra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rat musqué”.
What does ondatra mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineondatra
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rat musqué. 2. Fourrure de cet animal, très recherchée par les fourreurs.
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 ondatra
- ondatras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ondatra?
- /ɔ̃.da.tʁa/
- \ɔ̃.da.tʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ondatra in French?
ondatra appears about once in every 72 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).