polder
French, noun/pɔl.dɛʁ/
polder is spelled P-O-L-D-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 95,695th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polder is a French masculine noun meaning “polder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plaine conquise sur la mer et protégée par des digues”.
What does polder mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepolder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plaine conquise sur la mer et protégée par des digues.
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 polder
- polders plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polder?
- /pɔl.dɛʁ/
- \pɔl.dɛʁ\
- [pɔl.dɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polder in French?
polder appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).