Godard

American  

[goh-dahrd, -dahr, gaw-dar] / goʊˈdɑrd, -ˈdɑr, gɔˈdar /

noun

1. Benjamin Louis Paul 1849–95, French violinist and composer.

2. Jean-Luc 1930–2022, French filmmaker.

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Godard British  

/ ɡɔdar /

noun

1. Jean-Luc (ʒɑ̃lyk). born 1930, French film director and writer associated with the New Wave of the 1960s. His works include À bout de souffle (1960), Weekend (1967), Sauve qui peut (1980), Nouvelle Vague (1990), and Éloge de l'amour (2003)

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Example Sentences

Godard says "nobody has the economics" to challenge Sky Sports at present.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Sly, wry, adorable and deplorable, Guillaume Marbeck is priceless as the endlessly irritating and yet frustratingly charismatic Jean-Luc Godard in one of the year’s brightest pictures, a rare standout in a sea of multiplex mediocrity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

“We often say that we can read the sound of somebody through their eyes. And in this case, you can see the sound of Godard through movies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

The visually magnetic image — created in-camera without visual effects — was one of the first ideas Linklater had in creating his Godard character, played by Guillaume Marbeck.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

With his operas "Pedro de Zalamea," "Jocelyn," "Dante," Godard has been less successful.

From Masters of French Music by Hervey, Arthur