rade
French, noun
rade is spelled R-A-D-E (4 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rade is a French feminine noun meaning “harbour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, radé is a different word: “alternative spelling of rhade”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entrée de mer, naturelle ou artificielle, à l’abri du vent, dans la terre, qui permet un bon mouillage des…”.
What does rade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineharbour
noun
- 1
masculineslangbar, counter (of cafe, bar etc.)
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineslangpavement (UK), sidewalk (US)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of rhade
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of rhade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entrée de mer, naturelle ou artificielle, à l’abri du vent, dans la terre, qui permet un bon mouillage des bateaux. 2. Entrée d’une propriété.
noun: 1. Comptoir d’un bar. 2. Bar, débit de boissons.
noun: 1. Trottoir.
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 rade
- rades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rade in French?
rade appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).