soudard
French, noun/su.daʁ/
soudard is a French masculine noun meaning “battle-hardened, brutish, or roughneck soldier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui a longtemps servi à la guerre et qui est brutal, grossier”.
What does soudard mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinebattle-hardened, brutish, or roughneck soldier
- 2
archaicmasculinemercenary (person employed to fight in armed conflict)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme qui a longtemps servi à la guerre et qui est brutal, grossier. 2. Soldat, mercenaire, homme de troupe rémunéré.
adjective: 1. Qui a le comportement d’un homme de guerre brutal et grossier.
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 soudard
- soudards plural
- soudarde feminine
- soudardes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soudard?
- /su.daʁ/
- \su.daʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soudard in French?
soudard appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).