Picard

See also: picard

English

Etymology

From Picardy, region of northern France.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkɑːrd/ (UK)
• IPA^(key): /pɪˈkɑːrd/, /ˈpɪkərd/ (US)

Adjective

Picard (not comparable)

1. of, from, or relating to, Picardy

Synonyms

• Picardian (dated)

Translations

of, from or relating to Picardy

• Catalan: picard (ca)
• Dutch: Picardisch (nl)
• French: picard (fr)
• German: picardisch
• Italian: piccardo
• Portuguese: picardo (pt) m

Noun

Picard (plural Picards)

1. Someone from Picardy.
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.

Synonyms

• (person from Picardy): Picardian (dated)

Translations

person

• Catalan: picard (ca) m
• Dutch: Picardiër (nl) m, Picardische (nl) f
• French: Picard (fr)
• Portuguese: picardo (pt) m
• Russian: пикардиец m (pikardijec), пикардийка f (pikardijka)

Proper noun

Picard

1. A Romance language closely related to French
2. A surname from French.
   • 1920, American Institute of Mining Engineers, Engineering and mining journal: Volume 110:

     The statements of Mr. Sulman and Mr. Picard, two Minerals Separation engineers, […] form an interesting comparison

   • 2003, Larry Nemecek, The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion: Revised Edition, page 349:

     Dr. Crusher, using the sample Shinzon provided, confirms that he is a clone of Captain Picard. Furious, Picard wants to know who stole a piece of him.

Derived terms

• Picard-Lindelöf theorem
• Picard group
• Picard lattice
• Picard number

Translations

language

• Catalan: picard (ca) m
• Dutch: Picardisch (nl) n
• French: picard (fr) m, picard (fr)
• German: Picardisch n
• Picard: picard
• Portuguese: picardo (pt) m
• Russian: пикардский (ru) (pikardskij)
• Scots: Picard
• Swedish: pikardiska (sv) c
• West Frisian: Pikardysk

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Picard is the 4,491^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7,898 individuals. Picard is most common among White (87.52%) individuals.

See also

• Picard language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Picard (name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Picard”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• caprid

French

Etymology

From Picardie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.kaʁ/
• Homophones: picard, Piccard

Noun

Picard m (plural Picards, feminine Picarde)

1. Picard (resident or native of Picardy)

Proper noun

Picard ?

1. a common French surname transferred from the place name, for a resident or native of Picardy

Descendants

• English: Picard

Further reading

• Forebears
• filae.com