boyard
French, noun/bɔ.jaʁ/
boyard is spelled B-O-Y-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boyard is a French masculine noun meaning “boyar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom qu’on donnait aux seigneurs en Russie ou en Transylvanie”.
What does boyard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboyar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom qu’on donnait aux seigneurs en Russie ou en Transylvanie. 2. Richard, personne menant grand train. 3. Personne mal habillée, vulgaire ; synonyme de baraki.
noun: 1. Cigarette de la marque Boyard.
noun: 1. Monnaie fictive du jeu télévisé Fort Boyard.
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 boyard
- boyards plural
- boïar alternative
- boïard
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boyard?
- /bɔ.jaʁ/
- /bwa.jaʁ/
- \bɔ.jaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boyard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boyard in French?
boyard appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).