tocard
French, noun/tɔ.kaʁ/
tocard is spelled T-O-C-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tocard is a French masculine noun meaning “useless thing, worthless person or animal, loser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne incapable, sans valeur”.
What does tocard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialtasteless, out of fashion, tacky, naff
Ses chaussures tocardes avaient quelque chose de touchant.
- 2
colloquialunattractive
Il ne se rend pas compte qu’il est complètement tocard.
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculineuseless thing, worthless person or animal, loser
miser sur un tocard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Démodé, sans valeur, laid, de mauvais goût, sans attrait physique ou intellectuel.
adjective: 1. Qui possède une grosse tête, quand on parle d'un arbre c'est qu'il s'agit d’un arbre taillé en têtard. 2. Qui donne des coup de tête.
noun: 1. Personne incapable, sans valeur. 2. Cheval de course sans aucune chance de victoire. 3. Rival médiocre et incapable, loser. 4. Digitale.
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 tocard
- tocarde feminine
- tocards masculine plural
- tocardes feminine plural
- toquard alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tocard?
- /tɔ.kaʁ/
- \tɔ.kaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tocard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tocard in French?
tocard appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).