hardware
French, noun/aʁ.dwɛʁ/
hardware is spelled H-A-R-D-W-A-R-E (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hardware is a French masculine noun meaning “hardware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matériel électronique”.
What does hardware mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehardware
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matériel électronique.
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 hardware
- hardwares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hardware?
- /aʁ.dwɛʁ/
- \aʁd.wɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hardware
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hardware in French?
hardware appears 1.3 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).