lombard
French, noun
lombard is spelled L-O-M-B-A-R-D (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lombard is a French masculine noun meaning “the Lombard language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Lombard is a different word: “Lombard (member of a medieval Germanic people)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue gallo-italique parlée en Lombardie”.
What does lombard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Lombard (of, from or relating to the region of Lombardy, Italy)
noun
- 1
masculinethe Lombard language
- 2
masculinethe Lombardic language
noun
- 1
masculineLombard (member of a medieval Germanic people)
- 2
masculineLombard (native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy) (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Germain qui a envahit l’Italie et s’est établi en Lombardie. 2. Habitant de la Lombardie.
adjective: 1. Qui a un rapport avec la Lombardie. 2. Relatif aux commerçants et banquiers de Lombardie, au Moyen Âge.
noun: 1. Langue gallo-italique parlée en Lombardie. 2. Langue morte germanique qui fut parlée par les Lombards, qui s’établirent en Italie au VIᵉ siècle.
noun: 1. Banquier ou usurier chrétien du Moyen Âge, souvent originaire de Lombardie. 2. Usurier. 3. Établissement autorisé à prêter de l’argent sur gage, mont-de-piété. 4. Nom qu’on donne à Bruxelles au Grand-Mont-de-Piété – (Delvau 1866, page 228)
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 lombard
- Lombards plural
- Lombarde feminine
- lombarde feminine
- lombards masculine plural
- lombardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lombard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lombard in French?
lombard appears 1.8 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).