say it: der-ee-DAH
derrida is a noun meaning "French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004)". It carries one recorded sense.
French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for derrida come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.