-ard
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ard"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). More at hard.
Suffix[edit]
-ard
- Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
someone who is in a specified condition
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French -ard, -art, from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong”). More at English hard.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ard m (plural -ards, feminine -arde)
- forms pejoratives, diminutives, and nouns representing or belonging to a particular class or sort
- Coordinate term: -asse
- clocher (“to wobble”) + -ard → clochard (“tramp, vagrant”)
- flemme (“laziness”) + -ard → flemmard (“idler”)
- soul (“drunk”) + -ard → soulard (“drunkard”)
- chauffeur (“driver”) + -ard → chauffard (“bad driver”)
- montagne (“mountain”) + -ard → montagnard (“mountain-dweller”)
- route (“road”) + -ard → routard (“backpacker”)
Derived terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French -ard, -art, from Frankish *-hard.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ard
- Forming pejorative agent nouns from other nouns; -ard.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: -ard
References[edit]
- “-ard, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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