Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouchard

/muˈʃɑɹd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mouchard
IPA
/muˈʃɑɹd/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.

noun

An inverted compass hanging above the captain's bed

name

A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

Etymology

Borrowed from French mouchard, from mouche (“a fly”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /muˈʃɑɹd/
  • British English: /ˈmuːʃɑː/

Inflected Forms

mouchards (plural)

Derived Forms

mouchardism

Questions

How do you pronounce mouchard?
The recorded pronunciation is /muˈʃɑɹd/.
What does mouchard mean?
An undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
Where does mouchard come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce mouchard

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “mouchard”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/muˈʃɑɹd/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “mouchard”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “mouchard” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.