pochade
French, noun/pɔ.ʃad/
pochade is spelled P-O-C-H-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pochade is a French feminine noun meaning “pochade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Croquis enlevé de verve et destiné à fixer une impression”.
What does pochade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepochade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Croquis enlevé de verve et destiné à fixer une impression. 2. Œuvre rapide et seulement ébauchée.
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 pochade
- pochades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pochade?
- /pɔ.ʃad/
- \pɔ.ʃad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pochade in French?
pochade appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).