urdu
French, noun/uʁ.du/
urdu is spelled U-R-D-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urdu is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of ourdou” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de ourdou”.
What does urdu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of ourdou
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of ourdou
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de ourdou.
adjective: 1. Variante de ourdou.
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 urdu
- urdus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urdu?
- /uʁ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is urdu in French?
urdu appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).