pochard
French, noun/pɔ.ʃaʁ/
pochard is spelled P-O-C-H-A-R-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pochard is a French masculine noun meaning “drunk, drunkard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui a des habitudes d’ivrognerie”.
What does pochard mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinedrunk, drunkard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui a des habitudes d’ivrognerie. 2. Insulte.
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 pochard
- pochards plural
- pocharde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pochard?
- /pɔ.ʃaʁ/
- \pɔ.ʃaʁ\
- [pɔʃaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pochard in French?
pochard appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).