colombard
French, noun
colombard is spelled C-O-L-O-M-B-A-R-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colombard is a French masculine noun meaning “a white grape variety from Charentes; a wine made from these grapes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Colombard is a different word: “resident or native of Colombier-Saugnieu”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom d'un cépage de vigne utilisé dans le Bordelais et le Cognac”.
What does colombard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Colombier-Saugnieu
noun
- 1
masculinea white grape variety from Charentes; a wine made from these grapes
noun
- 1
masculineresident or native of Colombier-Saugnieu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Colombier-Saugnieu, commune française située dans le département du Rhône.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Colombier-Saugnieu, commune française située dans le département du Rhône.
noun: 1. Nom d'un cépage de vigne utilisé dans le Bordelais et le Cognac. 2. Cep de ce cépage. 3. Vin de ce cépage.
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 colombard
- colombarde feminine
- colombards masculine plural
- colombardes feminine plural
- Colombards plural
- Colombarde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is colombard in French?
colombard appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).