ondin
French, noun/ɔ̃.dɛ̃/
ondin is spelled O-N-D-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ondin is a French masculine noun meaning “male undine; water-sprite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Génie des eaux dans la mythologie germanique”.
What does ondin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemale undine; water-sprite
- 2
masculinemerfolk, merman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Génie des eaux dans la mythologie germanique. 2. Créature mythique représentée avec un torse humain et une queue de poisson ; sirène, triton.
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 ondin
- ondins plural
- ondine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ondin?
- /ɔ̃.dɛ̃/
- \ɔ̃.dɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ondin in French?
ondin appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).