raide
French, adjective/ʁɛd/
raide is spelled R-A-I-D-E (5 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raide is a French adjective meaning “stiff, straight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est très tendu et qui a de la peine à ployer”.
What does raide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stiff, straight
- 2
steep, abrupt
une pente raide
- 3
stubborn
- 4
rough
- 5
slangbroke
- 6
slangpissed, hammered; high, stoned
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est très tendu et qui a de la peine à ployer. 2. Ce qui manque ou paraît manquer de souplesse, de grâce. 3. Qui est inflexible, opiniâtre, dur. 4. Qui a une pente difficile à monter ou à descendre.
adverb: 1. Vite, fort, droit.
noun: 1. Alcool fort, eau-de-vie. 2. Somme de mille anciens francs français. 3. Courant très rapide (d’une rivière).
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 raide
- raides plural
- roide alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raide?
- /ʁɛd/
- \ʁɛd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raide in French?
raide appears 3.9 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).