criard
French, adjective/kʁi.jaʁ/
criard is spelled C-R-I-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 66,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criard is a French adjective meaning “shrill (of sound); garish (of colour etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui crie souvent”.
What does criard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shrill (of sound); garish (of colour etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui crie souvent. 2. Qualifie des oiseaux qui crient souvent et d’une manière désagréable. 3. Qui se plaint, qui crie souvent pour des sujets de peu d’importance, ou même sans sujet. 4. Qualifie une voix aigre, dont le son blesse l’oreille, un instrument de musique qui rend un son désagréable.
noun: 1. Celui qui est criard, qui crie souvent. 2. Klaxon.
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 criard
- criarde feminine
- criards masculine plural
- criardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criard?
- /kʁi.jaʁ/
- \kʁi.jaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criard in French?
criard appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).