zadiste
French, noun/za.dist/
zadiste is spelled Z-A-D-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zadiste is a French feminine noun meaning “member of a ZAD (zone à défendre)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Militant engagé dans la protection d'une zone à défendre (ZAD) ou aussi appelée Zone d'Aménagement Différé …”.
What does zadiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemember of a ZAD (zone à défendre)
adjective
- 1
relating to zadisme
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Militant engagé dans la protection d'une zone à défendre (ZAD) ou aussi appelée Zone d'Aménagement Différé : l'occupation et la mise en culture d'une ZAD a pour but de repousser, voire d'annuler, la construction sur celle-ci.
adjective: 1. Relatif au zadisme.
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 zadiste
- zadistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zadiste?
- /za.dist/
- \za.dist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zadiste in French?
zadiste appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).