picard
French, noun
picard is spelled P-I-C-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picard is a French masculine noun meaning “Picard (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Picard is a different word: “Picard (native or inhabitant of Picardy, a cultural region part of…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue romane rattachée à la langue d’oïl parlée en Picardie et dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais”.
What does picard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Picard (of, from or relating to Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France)
noun
- 1
masculinePicard (language)
noun
- 1
masculinePicard (native or inhabitant of Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France) (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte à la Picardie ou aux Picards. 2. Relatif à une secte hussite installée jadis en Picardie.
noun: 1. Langue romane rattachée à la langue d’oïl parlée en Picardie et dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
noun: 1. Membre d’une secte hussite installée en Picardie après l’assassinat de Jean Hus et par extension, ces sectateurs de Bohême.
noun: 1. Berger de Picardie.
noun: 1. Habitant de la Picardie.
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 picard
- Picards plural
- Picarde feminine
- picarde feminine
- picards masculine plural
- picardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to picard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picard in French?
picard appears 5.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).