zydéco
French, noun\zi.de.ko\
zydéco is spelled Z-Y-D-É-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zydéco is a French feminine noun meaning “zydeco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre musical apparu dans les années 1930 en Louisiane, proche parente de la musique cajun ou cadienne”.
What does zydéco mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre musical apparu dans les années 1930 en Louisiane, proche parente de la musique cajun ou cadienne.
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 zydéco
- zydécos plural
- zydeko rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zydéco?
- \zi.de.ko\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zydéco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zydéco in French?
zydéco appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).