motard
French, noun/mɔ.taʁ/
motard is spelled M-O-T-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motard is a French masculine noun meaning “military motorcyclist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Motocycliste de l’armée ou de la gendarmerie”.
What does motard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemilitary motorcyclist
- 2
masculinemotorcycle police
- 3
masculinemotorcyclist
- 4
Quebecmasculineoutlaw biker; member of an outlaw motorcycle club
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Motocycliste de l’armée ou de la gendarmerie. 2. Motocycliste. 3. Membre d’une bande criminelle créée autour d’un club de motocyclistes.
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 motard
- motards plural
- motarde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce motard?
- /mɔ.taʁ/
- \mɔ.taʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to motard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is motard in French?
motard appears 2.7 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).