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montagnard

French, noun

montagnard is spelled M-O-N-T-A-G-N-A-R-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Montagnard is a French masculine noun meaning “mountain-dweller (someone who lives in the mountains)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Montagnard is a different word: “resident or native of Jeansagnière, French commune located in the…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui habite la montagne”.

What does montagnard mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    mountain-dwelling

  2. 2

    mountain

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemountain-dweller (someone who lives in the mountains)

noun

as Montagnard
  1. 1

    masculineresident or native of Jeansagnière, French commune located in the Loire department

  2. 2

    masculineresident or native of La Montagne, French commune located in the Loire-Atlantique department

  3. 3

    masculineresident or native of Meaux-la-Montagne, French commune located in the Rhône department

  4. 4

    masculineresident or native of Montagne, a French commune located in the Isère department

  5. 5

    masculineresident or native of Montagne-Fayel, French commune located in the Somme department

  6. 6

    masculineresident or native of Montagnieu, a French commune located in the Isère department

  7. 7

    masculineresident or native of Montay, a French commune located in the Nord department

  8. 8

    masculineresident or native of Montigny-le-Tilleul in Belgium

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui habite les montagnes. 2. Relatif à Jeansagnière, commune de la Loire. 3. Relatif à La Montagne, commune de la Loire-Atlantique. 4. Relatif à Meaux-la-Montagne, commune du Rhône.

noun: 1. Personne qui habite la montagne.

adjective: 1. Relatif à la Montagne, sous la Convention. 2. Relatif aux mouvements révolutionnaires.

noun: 1. Membre de la Montagne, parti que formèrent, sous la Convention, un certain nombre de députés qui siégeaient sur les bancs les plus élevés de l’assemblée. 2. Personne ayant des opinions révolutionnaires.

noun: 1. Durant de la Révolution française, membre de la « Montagne », un groupe politique. 2. Habitant de Jeansagnière, commune française située dans le département de la Loire. 3. Habitant de La Montagne, commune française située dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique. 4. Habitant de Meaux-la-Montagne, commune française située dans le département du Rhône.

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 montagnard

  • montagnarde feminine
  • montagnards masculine plural
  • montagnardes feminine plural
  • Montagnards plural
  • Montagnarde feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to montagnard

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is montagnard in French?

montagnard 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).

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