gardien
French, noun/ɡaʁ.djɛ̃/
gardien is spelled G-A-R-D-I-E-N (7 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written French, the 2,767th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gardien is a French masculine noun meaning “guard (someone who keeps guard of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui garde, surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.
What does gardien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguard (someone who keeps guard of something)
- 2
masculineguardian, warden (protector)
- 3
masculineguardian (someone who looks after something else)
- 4
masculineguardian
- 5
masculineellipsis of gardien de but (goalkeeper; goaltender; goalie)
- 6
masculinebabysitter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui garde, surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 2. Protecteur, personne qui protège quelque chose. 3. Conservateur, personne chargée de veiller à la conservation d’une chose. 4. Gardien de but.
adjective: 1. Protecteur.
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 gardien
- gardiens plural
- gardienne feminine
- gardiennes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gardien?
- /ɡaʁ.djɛ̃/
- \ɡaʁ.djɛ̃\
- [ɡaʁdjɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gardien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gardien in French?
gardien appears 29 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).