chambard
French, noun/ʃɑ̃.baʁ/
chambard is spelled C-H-A-M-B-A-R-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chambard is a French masculine noun meaning “bedlam, rumpus, hullabaloo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Brimade à l’égard des nouveaux”.
What does chambard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebedlam, rumpus, hullabaloo
- 2
masculinemayhem
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brimade à l’égard des nouveaux. 2. Désordre. 3. Bruit intense.
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 chambard
- chambards plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chambard?
- /ʃɑ̃.baʁ/
- \ʃɑ̃.baʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chambard in French?
chambard appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).