camarde
French, noun
camarde is spelled C-A-M-A-R-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camarde is a French feminine noun meaning “Death (personification of death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of camard. With a capital, Camarde is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of camarde (“Death”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne dont le nez est aplati”.
What does camarde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of camard
- 2
feminineinformalDeath (personification of death)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of camard
noun
- 1
femininealternative letter-case form of camarde (“Death”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne dont le nez est aplati. 2. Figure allégorique de la mort (parfois, la Mort elle-même) représentée par un squelette ou un cadavre décharné et animé.
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 camarde
- camardes plural
- Camarde alternative
- Camardes plural
- camard masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to camarde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is camarde in French?
camarde appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).