rideau
French, noun/ʁi.do/
rideau is spelled R-I-D-E-A-U (6 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,090th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rideau is a French masculine noun meaning “curtain (woven fabric to cover, e.g., windows)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce d’étoffe, qu’on emploie pour cacher, couvrir, entourer quelque chose”.
What does rideau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurtain (woven fabric to cover, e.g., windows)
- 2
masculineblind (cover for windows)
- 3
masculinecurtain, veil (something keeping another in secret)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce d’étoffe, qu’on emploie pour cacher, couvrir, entourer quelque chose. 2. Grande toile qu’on lève ou qu’on baisse pour montrer ou pour cacher la scène d’un théâtre aux spectateurs. 3. Ligne d’arbres, d’arbrisseaux plantés en haie ou en palissade, pour produire de l’ombre ou pour rompre la violence du vent. 4. Ce qui borne la vue, ce qui sert à cacher, à couvrir.
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 rideau
- rideaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rideau?
- /ʁi.do/
- \ʁi.do\
- [ʁi.do]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rideau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rideau in French?
rideau appears 7.8 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).