zonard
French, noun/zɔ.naʁ/
zonard is spelled Z-O-N-A-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zonard is a French masculine noun meaning “dropout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui divague, personne errante, clochard et dans un sens plus étroit, jeune issu des banlieues…”.
What does zonard mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinedropout
Near-synonym: marginal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Lié à la zone, au sens de quartier défavorisé.
noun: 1. Personne qui divague, personne errante, clochard et dans un sens plus étroit, jeune issu des banlieues défavorisées et vivant en marge de la société.
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 zonard
- zonards plural
- zonarde feminine
- zonardes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zonard?
- /zɔ.naʁ/
- \zo.naʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zonard in French?
zonard appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).