maquisard
French, noun/ma.ki.zaʁ/
maquisard is spelled M-A-Q-U-I-S-A-R-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maquisard is a French masculine noun meaning “maquisard (member of a resistance or guerrilla movement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Résistant à l'occupation allemande entre 1940 et 1945, membre d'un maquis”.
What does maquisard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaquisard (member of a resistance or guerrilla movement)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Résistant à l'occupation allemande entre 1940 et 1945, membre d'un maquis. 2. Combattant d'un groupe de résistance armée, soldat d'une guérilla.
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 maquisard
- maquisards plural
- maquisarde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maquisard?
- /ma.ki.zaʁ/
- \ma.ki.zaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maquisard in French?
maquisard appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).