rudesse
French, noun/ʁy.dɛs/
rudesse is spelled R-U-D-E-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rudesse is a French feminine noun meaning “roughness, harshness; ruggedness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui est rude, âpre au toucher”.
What does rudesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroughness, harshness; ruggedness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui est rude, âpre au toucher. 2. Violence, impétuosité. 3. Caractère de ce qui est rigoureux, pénible. 4. Caractère de ce qui, par sa dureté, est choquant, désagréable à voir, à entendre, à lire, etc., en parlant de choses.
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 rudesse
- rudesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rudesse?
- /ʁy.dɛs/
- \ʁy.dɛs\
- [ʁy.dɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rudesse in French?
rudesse appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).