tandem
French, noun/tɑ̃.dɛm/
tandem is spelled T-A-N-D-E-M (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tandem is a French masculine noun meaning “tandem (vehicle, bicycle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voiture attelée de deux chevaux en flèche”.
What does tandem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetandem (vehicle, bicycle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Voiture attelée de deux chevaux en flèche. 2. Bicyclette à deux personnes, placées l’une derrière l’autre. 3. Association de deux personnes, de deux groupes travaillant à une œuvre commune ; binôme ; duo ; couple. 4. Ensemble de deux personnes ou groupes indissociables et travaillant de concert ou en antagonisme.
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 tandem
- tandems plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tandem?
- /tɑ̃.dɛm/
- \tɑ̃.dɛm\
- [tɑ̃.dɛm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tandem in French?
tandem appears 2.5 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).