pruderie
French, noun\pʁyd.ʁi\
pruderie is spelled P-R-U-D-E-R-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pruderie is a French feminine noun meaning “prudery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réserve outrée et affectée en ce qui touche à la pudeur et à la bienséance ; pudibonderie”.
What does pruderie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprudery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réserve outrée et affectée en ce qui touche à la pudeur et à la bienséance ; pudibonderie.
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 pruderie
- pruderies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pruderie?
- \pʁyd.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pruderie in French?
pruderie appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).