adj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈpɪkɑːrd/
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/pɪˈkɑːrd/
/ˈpɪkərd/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Of, from or relating to Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Meaning 2
A Romance language closely related to French.
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name
Meaning 3
A surname from French.
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noun
Meaning 4
A native or inhabitant of Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A member of an Adamite sect of the sixteenth century and earlier, in the Flemish Netherlands and in Bohemia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 6
A high shoe for men, introduced to England from France about 1720.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: nautical, transport
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History
Etymology
From Picardy, region of northern France.
Inherited from Middle English picard. Doublet of Picard.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
picardu
— of, from or relating to Picardy
Catalan:
picard
— of, from or relating to Picardy
Dutch:
Picardisch
— of, from or relating to Picardy
French:
picard
— of, from or relating to Picardy
German:
picardisch
— of, from or relating to Picardy
Italian:
piccardo
— of, from or relating to Picardy
Portuguese:
picardo
— of, from or relating to Picardy