rondier

\ʁɔ̃.dje\

/\ʁɔ̃.dje\/ noun

The verdict

“rondier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne chargée de faire des rondes de surveillance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rondier · rondier · French

rondier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for rondier
PropertyValue
Headwordrondier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ̃.dje\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rondier » en français

rondiern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rondier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ̃.dje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for rondier in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is rondier, spelled R-O-N-D-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne chargée de faire des rondes de surveillance.
  2. 2
    Nom vernaculaire donné à plusieurs palmiers du genre Borassus et en particulier à Borassus flabellifer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rondier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le récit suivant est extrait d’un entretien avec un rondier d’une entreprise nécessitant ce genre de postes pour des raisons de sécurité et de risque par rapport à l’environnement.
  2. Tandis que les opérateurs - les chefs de bloc - en salle de commande suivent la charge et le fonctionnement des installations, les rondiers débutent leur périple.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rondier"?
"rondier" is spelled R-O-N-D-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ̃.dje\.
What does "rondier" mean?
As a noun, "rondier" means: Personne chargée de faire des rondes de surveillance.
How do you pronounce "rondier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rondier" is \ʁɔ̃.dje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rondier" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list