jobard
French, noun/ʒɔ.baʁ/
jobard is spelled J-O-B-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jobard is a French masculine noun meaning “simpleton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est simple d’esprit, crédule, niais”.
What does jobard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gullible
- 2
crazy
noun
- 1
masculinesimpleton
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Simple d’esprit, crédule, niais.
noun: 1. Celui qui est simple d’esprit, crédule, niais.
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 jobard
- jobarde feminine
- jobards masculine plural
- jobardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jobard?
- /ʒɔ.baʁ/
- \ʒɔ.baʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jobard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jobard in French?
jobard appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).