zerda
French, noun\zeʁ.da\
zerda is spelled Z-E-R-D-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerda is a French feminine noun meaning “fennec (Vulpes zerda)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cérémonie d’hommage à un saint local. Rendre grâce par un festin offert à la communauté, après une épreuve…”.
What does zerda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefennec (Vulpes zerda)
- 2
femininea religious ceremony, in the Maghreb, to honour a local saint
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cérémonie d’hommage à un saint local. Rendre grâce par un festin offert à la communauté, après une épreuve douloureuse ou un bienfait. Le motif de la zerda peut rester anonyme. 2. Festin. 3. Espèce de fennec, renard des sables.
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 zerda
- zerdas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zerda?
- \zeʁ.da\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zerda in French?
zerda appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).