ondée
French, noun/ɔ̃.de/
ondée is spelled O-N-D-É-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ondée is a French feminine noun meaning “shower (rain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of ondé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pluie qui vient tout à coup et qui ne dure pas longtemps”.
What does ondée mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshower (rain)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of ondé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pluie qui vient tout à coup et qui ne dure pas longtemps.
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 ondée
- ondées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ondée?
- /ɔ̃.de/
- \ɔ̃.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ondée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ondée in French?
ondée appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).