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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑs.taːrt/
- Hyphenation: bas‧taard
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bastaert, from Old French bastard.
Noun
bastaard m (plural bastaarden or bastaards, diminutive bastaardje n)
- a bastard, person born to unmarried parents; in some legal systems a non-heir, or on that criterium restricted to illegitimate sons
- (derogatory) a crossbred offspring deemed to be genetically degenerated; bastard, mongrel
- a bastardised term or language
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Etymology 2
From French bâtarde (cognate with the above), in some compound.
Noun
bastaard m (plural bastaarden, diminutive bastaardje n)
- an old canon type