canardière
French, noun/ka.naʁ.djɛʁ/
canardière is spelled C-A-N-A-R-D-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canardière is a French feminine noun meaning “punt gun (for shooting wildfowl)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu qu’on prépare dans un marais ou sur un étang pour prendre des canards sauvages dans des nasses. ^([1&2])”.
What does canardière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepunt gun (for shooting wildfowl)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu qu’on prépare dans un marais ou sur un étang pour prendre des canards sauvages dans des nasses. ^([1&2]) 2. Long fusil portant très loin, propre à la chasse des canards sauvages et des autres oiseaux qu’on ne peut approcher que difficilement. ^([1&2]) 3. Meurtrière. ^([2])
adjective: 1. Qui concerne l’univers des canards de Disney.
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 canardière
- canardières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canardière?
- /ka.naʁ.djɛʁ/
- \ka.naʁ.djɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is canardière in French?
canardière appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).