pilchard
French, noun/pil.ʃaʁ/
pilchard is spelled P-I-L-C-H-A-R-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilchard is a French masculine noun meaning “pilchard, sardine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande sardine de la Manche qui se vend en boîtes comme les harengs ou les maquereaux. – Sardina pilchardus…”.
What does pilchard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepilchard, sardine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grande sardine de la Manche qui se vend en boîtes comme les harengs ou les maquereaux. – Sardina pilchardus (wikispecies)
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 pilchard
- pilchards plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pilchard?
- /pil.ʃaʁ/
- \pil.ʃaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pilchard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pilchard in French?
pilchard appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).