pondéreux
French, adjective\pɔ̃.de.ʁø\
pondéreux is spelled P-O-N-D-É-R-E-U-X (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pondéreux is a French adjective meaning “weighty, ponderous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Très lourd”.
What does pondéreux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
weighty, ponderous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Très lourd.
noun: 1. Matériaux ou produits dont la densité est importante, en général dépassant les mille kilogrammes par mètre cube, soit d’une densité supérieure à un.
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 pondéreux
- pondéreuse feminine
- pondéreuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pondéreux?
- \pɔ̃.de.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pondéreux in French?
pondéreux appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).