cocard
French, noun/kɔ.kaʁ/
cocard is spelled C-O-C-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocard is a French masculine noun meaning “black eye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ecchymose à l’œil due à un coup”.
What does cocard mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculineblack eye
noun
- 1
masculinean old cock (rooster)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ecchymose à l’œil due à un coup.
noun: 1. Vieux coq. Hybride issu d’un coq faisan et d’une poule. 2. Naïf, niais, prétentieux.
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 cocard
- cocards plural
- coquard
- coquart
- cocarde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cocard?
- /kɔ.kaʁ/
- \kɔ.kaʁ\
- [kɔ.kaʁd]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cocard in French?
cocard appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).