clochard
French, noun/klɔ.ʃaʁ/
clochard is spelled C-L-O-C-H-A-R-D (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clochard is a French masculine noun meaning “tramp; vagrant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne sans domicile fixe qui mène une vie de mendicité, qui refuse les contraintes sociales ou est…”.
What does clochard mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinetramp; vagrant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne sans domicile fixe qui mène une vie de mendicité, qui refuse les contraintes sociales ou est contrainte à la misère. 2. Toute personne à l’allure débraillée, peu soignée. 3. Tocard, pauvre type.
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 clochard
- clochards plural
- clocharde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clochard?
- /klɔ.ʃaʁ/
- \klɔ.ʃaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clochard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clochard in French?
clochard appears 1.5 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).