marchand
French, noun/maʁ.ʃɑ̃/
marchand is spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marchand is a French masculine noun meaning “seller; vendor; merchant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui fait profession d’acheter et de vendre”.
What does marchand mean in English?
adjective
- 1
merchant; mercantile
noun
- 1
masculineseller; vendor; merchant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propre au commerce, qui a rapport au commerce. 2. Qualifie un quartier, une ville, où il y a une grande activité commerciale. 3. Qualifie les emplacements commodes pour vendre de la marchandise. 4. Qui est de bon débit, de bonne qualité, qui a les qualités requises pour être vendu.
noun: 1. Personne qui fait profession d’acheter et de vendre. 2. Partie d'un échange ou d’un pacte.
noun: 1. Nom parfois donné aux urubus. 2. Canard à largue bec, nommé aussi macreuse à front blanc. (Melanitta perspicillata L. ou Anas perspicillata L.)
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 marchand
- marchande feminine
- marchands masculine plural
- marchandes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marchand?
- /maʁ.ʃɑ̃/
- \maʁ.ʃɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marchand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marchand in French?
marchand appears 15 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).