espar
French, noun/ɛs.paʁ/
espar is spelled E-S-P-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espar is a French masculine noun meaning “spar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Levier qui sert pour la grosse artillerie”.
What does espar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Levier qui sert pour la grosse artillerie. 2. Forte perche plus menue qu'un mâtereau. 3. Longues pièces de bois dont on fait de petits mâts, des bouts-dehors de vergue, etc.. 4. Partie mobile d'un gréement, en bois, en métal (acier, aluminium) ou matériaux synthétiques (fibres de carbone). Plus généralement, le mot désigne tous les éléments de gréement longs et rigides semblables à une perche, qu'ils soient fixes (mât) ou mobiles (bôme, vergue, wishbone), voire amovibles (barre, aviron).
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 espar
- espars plural
- esparre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espar?
- /ɛs.paʁ/
- \ɛs.paʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espar in French?
espar appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).