picard
/ˈpɪkɑːrd/noun
picard is spelled P-I-C-A-R-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, picard means “A type of light, seaworthy vessel used in trade and the transport of fish in Britain and Ireland in the late medieval and early modern period” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of picard is picards.
How many letters and syllables are in picard?
| Letters | 6: P-I-C-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is picard?
Picard appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce picard?
- UK /ˈpɪkɑːrd/
- /pɪˈkɑːrd/
- /ˈpɪkərd/
Picard has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Picard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of picard
- picards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does picard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of light, seaworthy vessel used in trade and the transport of fish in Britain and Ireland in the late medieval and early modern period.
adjective
- 1
Of, from or relating to Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France.
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France.
- 2
A member of an Adamite sect of the sixteenth century and earlier, in the Flemish Netherlands and in Bohemia.
- 3
A high shoe for men, introduced to England from France about 1720.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Picard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | picard , Picard |
| German | picardisch |
| Portuguese | picardo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does picard come from?
Inherited from Middle English picard. Doublet of Picard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).