pistard
French, noun/pis.taʁ/
pistard is spelled P-I-S-T-A-R-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pistard is a French masculine noun meaning “track cyclist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans le cyclisme ou la moto, coureur qui roule principalement sur piste”.
What does pistard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrack cyclist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans le cyclisme ou la moto, coureur qui roule principalement sur piste. 2. En course à pied, coureur sur piste, par opposition au coureur sur route ou traileur. Peut comporter une nuance péjorative. 3. Individu qui est en piste. 4. Mécanicien aéronautique.
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 pistard
- pistards plural
- pistarde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pistard?
- /pis.taʁ/
- \pis.taʁ\
- [pis.taʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pistard in French?
pistard appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).