palud
French, noun/pa.ly/
palud is spelled P-A-L-U-D (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palud is a French masculine noun meaning “swamp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marais”.
What does palud mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineswamp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marais.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de palu.
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 palud
- paluds plural
- palude alternative
- palus alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palud?
- /pa.ly/
- \pa.ly\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is palud in French?
palud appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).