marde
French, noun/maʁd/
marde is spelled M-A-R-D-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marde is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative form of merde” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Merde”.
What does marde mean in English?
noun
- 1
Quebecfeminineslangvulgaralternative form of merde
Ben tabarnak, ça sent la marde icitte!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Merde. 2. Situation chaotique et humiliante imposée à une personne ou à un groupe.
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 marde
- mardes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marde?
- Quebec /maʁd/
- \maʁd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marde in French?
marde appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).