redoute
French, noun
redoute is spelled R-E-D-O-U-T-E (7 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Redoute is a French feminine noun meaning “An outwork of a fortification (cognate with redoubt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of redouter. With an accent, redouté is a different word: “past participle of redouter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de fortification détachée ; petit fort fermé, construit en terre ou en maçonnerie, et propre à recevoir…”.
What does redoute mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineAn outwork of a fortification (cognate with redoubt).
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of redouter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de fortification détachée ; petit fort fermé, construit en terre ou en maçonnerie, et propre à recevoir de l’artillerie. 2. Endroit public où l’on s’assemblait pour jouer, pour danser. 3. Cette fête elle-même.
adjective: 1. Qui inspire la crainte.
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 redoute
- redoutes plural
- redoutée feminine
- redoutés masculine plural
- redoutées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to redoute
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is redoute in French?
redoute appears 4.4 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).