débrouillard
French, noun/de.bʁu.jaʁ/
débrouillard is a French masculine noun meaning “resourceful person, hustler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne habile à se débrouiller, qui fait preuve de débrouillardise”.
What does débrouillard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
resourceful, self-reliant, able to cope, crafty, wily
noun
- 1
masculineresourceful person, hustler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est habile à se débrouiller.
noun: 1. Personne habile à se débrouiller, qui fait preuve de débrouillardise.
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 débrouillard
- débrouillarde feminine
- débrouillards masculine plural
- débrouillardes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce débrouillard?
- /de.bʁu.jaʁ/
- \de.bʁu.jaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to débrouillard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is débrouillard in French?
débrouillard appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).