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dard

French, noun/daʁ/

dard is a French masculine noun meaning “sting (of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne arme de trait garnie par le bout d’une pointe de fer et qu’on lançait avec la main”.

What does dard mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineobsoletejavelin, spear

  2. 2

    masculinesting (of an animal)

  3. 3

    masculineprickle, spine (of a plant)

  4. 4

    masculinedart (a small metal object used in the game of darts)

  5. 5

    masculineslangcock, dick

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ancienne arme de trait garnie par le bout d’une pointe de fer et qu’on lançait avec la main. 2. Fléchette, au jeu du même nom. 3. La partie essentielle de l’aiguillon de certains insectes. 4. Se dit de la langue pointue des serpents, etc.

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 dard

  • dards plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dard?

  • /daʁ/
  • \dɑʁ\
  • [dɑʁ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to dard

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is dard in French?

dard appears 1.1 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).