mouchard
French, noun/mu.ʃaʁ/
mouchard is a French masculine noun meaning “(espionage) snitch, grass, tell-tale (police informant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espion, indicateur pour la police”.
What does mouchard mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculine(espionage) snitch, grass, tell-tale (police informant)
- 2
masculinemouchard (undercover investigator)
- 3
masculinebug (hidden microphone)
- 4
masculinespyhole, peephole
- 5
masculinetachograph (device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle)
- 6
masculine(computing) spyware (piece of spyware)
- 7
masculine(aviation) spyplane
- 8
masculineblack box, flight recorder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espion, indicateur pour la police. 2. Personne qui observe des agissements pour en rendre compte. 3. Personne qui en dénonce une autre. 4. Trou qui permet d’observer.
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 mouchard
- mouchards plural
- moucharde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouchard?
- /mu.ʃaʁ/
- \mu.ʃaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mouchard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mouchard in French?
mouchard appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).