ourdou
French, noun/uʁ.du/
ourdou is spelled O-U-R-D-O-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ourdou is a French masculine noun meaning “the Urdu language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue nationale du Pakistan très proche du hindi, mais influencée par le perse et s’écrivant avec l’alphabet…”.
What does ourdou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe Urdu language
adjective
- 1
Urdu (related to the Urdu language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue nationale du Pakistan très proche du hindi, mais influencée par le perse et s’écrivant avec l’alphabet arabe. Également parlée dans le nord-ouest de l’Inde, elle en est l’une des 22 langues officielles.
adjective: 1. Ayant un rapport avec la langue ourdoue.
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 ourdou
- urdu alternative
- ourdoue feminine
- ourdous masculine plural
- ourdoues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ourdou?
- /uʁ.du/
- \uʁ.du\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ourdou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ourdou in French?
ourdou appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).