pétarade
French, noun
pétarade is a French feminine noun meaning “backfire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pétarader. With an accent, pétaradé is a different word: “past participle of pétarader”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suite de bruits provoqués par des pets”.
What does pétarade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebackfire
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of pétarader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suite de bruits provoqués par des pets. 2. Suite de bruits vulgaires que l’on peut faire avec la bouche. 3. Suite de bruits provenant de l’explosion d’un feu d’artifice ou de pièces d’artillerie. 4. Série de bruits d’explosion au démarrage ou à l’accélération d’un moteur.
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 pétarade
- pétarades plural
- pétaradée feminine
- pétaradés masculine plural
- pétaradées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pétarade in French?
pétarade appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).