toundra
French, noun/tun.dʁa/
toundra is spelled T-O-U-N-D-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toundra is a French feminine noun meaning “tundra (flat treeless arctic region)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Formation végétale clairsemée des pays très froids faite de mousses, de lichens, de poacées (ou graminées) et…”.
What does toundra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetundra (flat treeless arctic region)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Formation végétale clairsemée des pays très froids faite de mousses, de lichens, de poacées (ou graminées) et d’arbres nains, et où vivent les rennes, les élans, etc.
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 toundra
- toundras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce toundra?
- /tun.dʁa/
- \tun.dʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to toundra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is toundra in French?
toundra 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).