vendetta
French, noun/vɑ̃.dɛ.ta/
vendetta is spelled V-E-N-D-E-T-T-A (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vendetta is a French feminine noun meaning “blood feud, vendetta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Haine, hostilité qui existe dans le bassin méditerranéen et dans les Balkans entre deux familles, et qui…”.
What does vendetta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblood feud, vendetta
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haine, hostilité qui existe dans le bassin méditerranéen et dans les Balkans entre deux familles, et qui cause souvent des meurtres. 2. Vengeance, revanche personnelle.
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 vendetta
- vendettas plural
- vendette alternative archaic
- vindette
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vendetta?
- /vɑ̃.dɛ.ta/
- /vɑ̃.de.ta/
- \vɑ̃.dɛ.ta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vendetta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vendetta in French?
vendetta appears 1.2 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).