tornade
French, noun\tɔʁ.nad\
tornade is spelled T-O-R-N-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tornade is a French feminine noun meaning “tornado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bourrasque violente en tourbillon”.
What does tornade mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bourrasque violente en tourbillon. 2. Quelque chose qui emporte par sa violence.
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 tornade
- tornades plural
- tornado
- tournade
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tornade?
- \tɔʁ.nad\
- [tɔʁ.nad]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tornade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tornade in French?
tornade appears 2.2 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).