outarde
French, noun/u.taʁd/
outarde is a French feminine noun meaning “bustard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce d’oiseau petit échassier terrestre, trapu, de taille moyenne à grande, au long cou et longues pattes.…”.
What does outarde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebustard
- 2
CanadafeminineinformalCanada goose
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce d’oiseau petit échassier terrestre, trapu, de taille moyenne à grande, au long cou et longues pattes. Son bec pointu et ses pattes s'apparentent à ceux d'une poule. 2. Synonyme familier de bernache du Canada.
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 outarde
- outardes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce outarde?
- /u.taʁd/
- \u.taʁd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to outarde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is outarde in French?
outarde appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).