revanchard
French, adjective/ʁə.vɑ̃.ʃaʁ/
revanchard is a French adjective meaning “revengeful, vindictive, retaliatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cherche une revanche”.
What does revanchard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
revengeful, vindictive, retaliatory
- 2
revanchist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cherche une revanche. 2. Lié au revanchisme franco-allemand au travers des trois conflits guerriers successifs.
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 revanchard
- revancharde feminine
- revanchards masculine plural
- revanchardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revanchard?
- /ʁə.vɑ̃.ʃaʁ/
- \ʁə.vɑ̃.ʃaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to revanchard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is revanchard in French?
revanchard appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).