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English
Etymology
From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). More at hard.
Suffix
-ard
- Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).
- drunk + -ard → drunkard
- dull + -ard → dullard
- wise + -ard → wizard
Derived terms
Translations
someone who is in a specified condition
Anagrams
- -dar, ADR, DAR, DRA, Dar, Dra, RAD, RDA, dar, rad, rad.
French
Etymology
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
Suffix
-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
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French -ard, -art, from Frankish *-hard.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ard
- Forming pejorative agent nouns from other nouns; -ard.
Derived terms
Descendants
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