lascar
French, noun\las.kaʁ\
lascar is spelled L-A-S-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lascar is a French masculine noun meaning “lascar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matelot indien servant dans les marines française, portugaise ou britannique”.
What does lascar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelascar
- 2
derogatorymasculinedude, guy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matelot indien servant dans les marines française, portugaise ou britannique. 2. Individu (avec une connotation plutôt péjorative). 3. Hacker (fouineur), qui a tendance à forcer les systèmes informatiques et se mettre en position illégale.
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 lascar
- lascars plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lascar?
- \las.kaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lascar in French?
lascar appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).