Meanings
chard1
plural chards
- uncountablecookingAn edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
Synonyms: mangold, silverbeet, Swiss chard
- countableuncountablecookingArtichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.
Chard2
- A town and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district, near the Devon border. The civil parish is named Chard Town, and served by Chard Town Council. (OS grid ref ST3208).
There was to be no official opening ceremony, but nevertheless the inhabitants of Chard were not going to neglect this opportunity for a bean-feast, for they were also to celebrate the demolition of the town's East Gate.
1954 February, R. J. Sellick, “Railways to Chard”, in Railway Magazine, page 121 - A commune in Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- Synonym of Janvier South, Alberta, Canada, from the name of A. Chard.
Synonyms: Janvier South, Alberta, Canada, from the name of A. Chard
- A surname.
Three men got out and surrounded Mr Chard. They were police officers, and he was under arrest, charged with taking indecent pictures of his children under the Protection of Children Act 1978 (POCA).
1998, Laurence O'Toole, Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire
Chard3
plural Chards
- countableuncountableChardonnay wine.
Today you can order a glass of Chard almost anywhere, but in the 1960s it was relatively unknown outside of France. Can you imagine such a time?
2005, Maureen Christian Petrosky, The Wine Club: A Month-by-Month Guide to Learning about Wine with Friends, Des Moines, IA: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 116
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
proper nounSynonym of Janvier South, Alberta, Canada, from the name of A. Chard.
More synonyms by meaning
nounbeet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
nounlong succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
chard · noun
- Latincarduus“thistle”
- Middle Frenchcarde
- Englishchard
From earlier card (remodelled after chardoon, obsolete form of cardoon), from Middle French carde, from Latin carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of cardoon.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سِلْق
- سِلْق (silq)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Basque zerba
- zerbaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Bulgarian листно цвекло, манголд
- листно цвекло (listno cveklo)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- манголд (mangold)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Catalan bleda
- bledaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Chinese Cantonese 豬乸菜 /猪乸菜
- 豬乸菜 /猪乸菜 (zyu¹ naa² coi³)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Chinese Mandarin 莙薘菜 /莙荙菜, 莙薘菜 /莙荙菜
- 莙薘菜 /莙荙菜 (jūndácài)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- 莙薘菜 /莙荙菜 (tǐngdácài)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- 葉用甜菜 /叶用甜菜 (yèyòngtiáncài)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- 牛皮菜 (niúpícài)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- 豬乸菜 /猪乸菜 (zhūnǎcài)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Czech mangold
- mangoldBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Danish bladbede
- bladbedeBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Dutch snijbiet
- snijbietBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Esperanto folibeto
- folibetoBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Finnish lehtimangoldi, mangoldi
- lehtimangoldiBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- mangoldiBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- lehtijuurikasBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- kaltattu artisokkablanched artichoke leaves and shoots
French poirée, blette
- poiréeBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- bletteBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- betteBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- jotteBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
German Mangold
- MangoldBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Greek σέσκουλο
- σέσκουλο (séskoulo)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Hungarian mángold
- mángoldBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Irish biatas bán
- biatas bánBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Italian bietola, bieta
- bietolaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- bietaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Japanese フダンソウ, 不断草
- フダンソウ (fudansō)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- 不断草 (fudansō)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- スイスチャード (Suisuchādo)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Māori rau pīti, korare
- rau pītiBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- korareBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Norwegian bladbete
- bladbeteBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Polish boćwina, botwina
- boćwinaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- botwinaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- boćwinablanched artichoke leaves and shoots
- botwinablanched artichoke leaves and shoots
Portuguese acelga, celga
- acelgaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- celgaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Romanian mangold, sfeclă furajeră
- mangoldBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- sfeclă furajerăBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- sfeclă elvețianăBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Russian манго́льд, свёкла
- манго́льд (mangólʹd)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- свёкла (svjókla)Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Spanish acelga
- acelgaBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Swedish mangold
- mangoldBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Turkish pazı, yaban pancarı
- pazıBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
- yaban pancarıBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chard
Cite this entry
chard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chard
“chard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chard.
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