potard
French, noun/pɔ.taʁ/
potard is spelled P-O-T-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potard is a French masculine noun meaning “potentiometer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Potentiomètre”.
What does potard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepotentiometer
- 2
masculineslangpharmacy student or assistant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Potentiomètre.
noun: 1. Étudiant en pharmacie ou aide-pharmacien.
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 potard
- potards plural
- potar
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potard?
- /pɔ.taʁ/
- \pɔ.taʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is potard in French?
potard appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).