cocardier
French, adjective/kɔ.kaʁ.dje/
cocardier is spelled C-O-C-A-R-D-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocardier is a French adjective meaning “jingoistic, chauvinistic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui éprouve et professe un patriotisme passionné pour la France, susceptible et souvent étroit”.
What does cocardier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
jingoistic, chauvinistic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui éprouve et professe un patriotisme passionné pour la France, susceptible et souvent étroit.
adjective: 1. Qui porte une cocarde, en parlant de taureaux.
noun: 1. Celui qui éprouve et professe un patriotisme passionné, susceptible et souvent étroit.
noun: 1. Taureau de la manade camarguaise, qui porte une cocarde, destinée à être ôtée par un raseteur.
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 cocardier
- cocardière feminine
- cocardiers masculine plural
- cocardières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cocardier?
- /kɔ.kaʁ.dje/
- \kɔ.kaʁ.dje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cocardier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cocardier in French?
cocardier appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).