paillard
French, noun/pa.jaʁ/
paillard is spelled P-A-I-L-L-A-R-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,824th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paillard is a French masculine noun meaning “dissolute or depraved person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui mène une vie dissolue ; débauché”.
What does paillard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bawdy, lewd
noun
- 1
masculinedissolute or depraved person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Grivois, polisson (au sens de « qui contient des allusions sexuelles »), plein de paillardise. 2. Qui mène une vie dissolue, qui s’adonne à la luxure. 3. Qui couche sur la paille, personne misérable.
noun: 1. Personne qui mène une vie dissolue ; débauché.
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 paillard
- paillarde feminine
- paillards masculine plural
- paillardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paillard?
- /pa.jaʁ/
- \pa.jaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paillard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paillard in French?
paillard appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).