pendard
French, noun/pɑ̃.daʁ/
pendard is spelled P-E-N-D-A-R-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pendard is a French masculine noun meaning “gallows bird, rascal, one who deserves to hang” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui mérite d’être pendu, vaurien”.
What does pendard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegallows bird, rascal, one who deserves to hang
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qui mérite d’être pendu, vaurien. 2. Pièce métallique destinée à supporter des câbles électriques et des chemins de câbles.
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 pendard
- pendards plural
- pendarde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pendard?
- /pɑ̃.daʁ/
- \pɑ̃.daʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pendard in French?
pendard appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).