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soiffard

French, noun/swa.faʁ/

soiffard is spelled S-O-I-F-F-A-R-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soiffard is a French masculine noun meaning “soak, drunkard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui abuse des boissons alcoolisées”.

What does soiffard mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryinformalmasculinesoak, drunkard

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est attiré par la consommation excessive de boissons alcoolisées.

noun: 1. Personne qui abuse des boissons alcoolisées.

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 soiffard

  • soiffards plural
  • soiffarde feminine
  • soiffardes plural feminine
  • soifard

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce soiffard?

  • /swa.faʁ/
  • \swa.faʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is soiffard in French?

soiffard appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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