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Picard¹

  • /ˈpɪkɑːrd/ UK
  • /pɪˈkɑːrd/
  • /ˈpɪkərd/

Where it comes from

From Picardy, region of northern France.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, from or relating to Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France.

    Similar: Picardian

noun Picards

  1. A native or inhabitant of Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France.

    Similar: Picardian

  2. historical A member of an Adamite sect of the sixteenth century and earlier, in the Flemish Netherlands and in Bohemia.
  3. historical A high shoe for men, introduced to England from France about 1720.

proper noun

  1. A Romance language closely related to French.
  2. A surname from French. The statements of Mr. Sulman and Mr. Picard, two Minerals Separation engineers, […] form an interesting comparison

picard²

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English picard. Doublet of Picard.

noun picards

  1. historical A type of light, seaworthy vessel used in trade and the transport of fish in Britain and Ireland in the late medieval and early modern period. Others, used commonly as fishing boats and in trade with Ireland, were “picards”, named often in the Tolsey Court books as pledges for debts, and worth about £8.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: picardian, parisian, french, pictish, picritic, provençal, pinacolic, pictorial, picocellular, bordelais, palearctic, prussian, gallican, parky, philadelphian, capuan

Translations

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adj of, from or relating to Picardy

Portuguêspicardo
Françaispicard
Deutschpicardisch
Italianopiccardo

noun person

Portuguêspicardo
FrançaisPicard
Русскийпикардиец pikardijec, пикардийка pikardijka

name language

Portuguêspicardo
Françaispicard
DeutschPicardisch
Русскийпикардский pikardskij

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"picard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/picard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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picard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/picard

Chicago

"picard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/picard.

BibTeX
@misc{picard_2026,
  title = {picard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}