taekwondo
French, noun/te.kwɔ̃.do/
taekwondo is spelled T-A-E-K-W-O-N-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taekwondo is a French masculine noun meaning “taekwondo (a Korean martial art)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art martial d’origine sud-coréenne, dont la technique de combat est principalement à base de coups de poing…”.
What does taekwondo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaekwondo (a Korean martial art)
je pratique le taekwondo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art martial d’origine sud-coréenne, dont la technique de combat est principalement à base de coups de poing et de coups de pied portés au-dessus de la ceinture.
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 taekwondo
- taekwondos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taekwondo?
- /te.kwɔ̃.do/
- /taj.kwɔn.do/
- /te.kwɔn.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 taekwondo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taekwondo in French?
taekwondo 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).