mansard
French, noun\mɑ̃.saʁ\
mansard is spelled M-A-N-S-A-R-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mansard is a French masculine noun meaning “wood pigeon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pigeon ramier”.
What does mansard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewood pigeon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pigeon ramier.
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 mansard
- mansards plural
- mansart
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mansard?
- \mɑ̃.saʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mansard in French?
mansard appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).