fuyard
French, noun/fɥi.jaʁ/
fuyard is spelled F-U-Y-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fuyard is a French masculine noun meaning “fleer, runaway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat qui s’enfuit du combat”.
What does fuyard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fleeing
noun
- 1
masculinefleer, runaway
- 2
masculinedeserter (someone who runs away from battle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s'enfuit.
adjective: 1. Qui présente une fuite (en parlant d’un raccord, d’un joint, d’un robinet…).
noun: 1. Soldat qui s’enfuit du combat. 2. (Usage critiqué) référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème) Fugitif.
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 fuyard
- fuyarde feminine
- fuyards masculine plural
- fuyardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fuyard?
- /fɥi.jaʁ/
- \fɥi.jaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fuyard in French?
fuyard appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).