reniflard
French, noun/ʁə.ni.flaʁ/
reniflard is spelled R-E-N-I-F-L-A-R-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reniflard is a French masculine noun meaning “breather (in an automobile, air inlet path to the crankcase)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soupape des chaudières à vapeur, par laquelle l’air extérieur peut rentrer dans la chaudière, quand la…”.
What does reniflard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreather (in an automobile, air inlet path to the crankcase)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soupape des chaudières à vapeur, par laquelle l’air extérieur peut rentrer dans la chaudière, quand la pression intérieure devient inférieure à la pression atmosphérique. 2. Soupape d’évacuation d’un moteur à explosion. 3. Soupape d’évacuation des conduites d’eau.
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 reniflard
- reniflards plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reniflard?
- /ʁə.ni.flaʁ/
- \ʁə.ni.flaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is reniflard in French?
reniflard appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).