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tiède

French, adjective/tjɛd/

tiède is spelled T-I-È-D-E (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiède is a French adjective meaning “tepid, lukewarm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est entre le chaud et le froid”.

What does tiède mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tepid, lukewarm

    de l'eau tiède

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est entre le chaud et le froid. 2. Qui manque d’ardeur, de ferveur, de zèle.

noun: 1. Personne qui manque d’ardeur, de ferveur, de zèle.

noun: 1. Forte chaleur.

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 tiède

  • tièdes plural
  • quède alternative Louisiana
  • quiède alternative Louisiana

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tiède?

  • /tjɛd/
  • /tʃɛd/
  • \tjɛd\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tiède

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tiède in French?

tiède appears 2.8 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).

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