bâtard

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bâtard, from Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) + -ard. Cognate with Old Frisian bōst (“marriage”), Middle Dutch basture (“whore, prostitute”) (from bast + hure). Eclipsed native terms Latin spurius and nothus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.taʁ/, /bɑ.taʁ/
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Adjective

bâtard (feminine bâtarde, masculine plural bâtards, feminine plural bâtardes)

  1. bastard

Derived terms

Noun

bâtard m (plural bâtards, feminine bâtarde)

  1. a bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
  2. (botany) a hybrid plant
  3. a batard (short baguette)
  4. (slang) bastard, asshole

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Etymology

From Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).

Noun

bâtard m (plural bâtards)

  1. (Jersey) bastard

Synonyms

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