bazar
French, noun/ba.zaʁ/
bazar is spelled B-A-Z-A-R (5 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bazar is a French masculine noun meaning “bazaar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marché public, lieu destiné au commerce en Orient”.
What does bazar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebazaar
- 2
derogatorymasculinejunk, things
- 3
colloquialmasculinemess, jumble
mettre le bazar
- 4
masculinebrothel
- 5
masculineslave market
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marché public, lieu destiné au commerce en Orient. 2. Lieu couvert où sont réunis des marchands tenant des boutiques d’étoffes, de meubles, de bijouterie, etc. 3. Vaste magasin où se vendent au détail des marchandises diverses, généralement à bas prix. 4. Fourbi, grand désordre.
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 bazar
- bazars plural
- bazard
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bazar?
- /ba.zaʁ/
- \ba.zaʁ\
- [ba.zaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bazar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bazar in French?
bazar appears 3.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).