nullard
French, adjective\ny.laʁ\
nullard is spelled N-U-L-L-A-R-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nullard is a French adjective meaning “hopeless, useless, incompetent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sans aucune qualité, dépourvu de talent, incompétent, ignorant”.
What does nullard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hopeless, useless, incompetent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sans aucune qualité, dépourvu de talent, incompétent, ignorant.
noun: 1. Personne sans talent, incompétente ou ignorante.
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 nullard
- nullarde feminine
- nullards masculine plural
- nullardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nullard?
- \ny.laʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nullard in French?
nullard appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).