Meanings
savoyard1
Savoyard2
nounSavoyard (plural Savoyards)
plural Savoyards
- A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
He is one of the Emperor’s French-speaking subjects, not a Spaniard but a Savoyard.
2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 30
proper noun
- The dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta).
Origin
savoyard · noun
- Italiansavoiardo
- Englishsavoyard
From Italian savoiardo.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Savoyard · noun, proper noun
- FrenchSavoyard
- FrenchSavoyard
- EnglishSavoyard
Borrowed from French Savoyard.
More words from French
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APA
savoyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savoyard
MLA
“savoyard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savoyard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “savoyard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savoyard.
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