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French
Pronunciation
Noun
malard m (plural malards)
- drake
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Middle English
- malarde, malerd, mallard, malerde, mathelard, maudelard, mauelarde, maulard, maularde, maulerd, mawdelard, mawdelarde, mawlard, mawlarde
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French mallart, probably from masle (“male”) + -art, in which case equivalent to male (“male”) + -ard. Alternatively, the Old French term may be from Old High German Madelhart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlard/, /mau̯ˈlard/, /mau̯dəˈlard/
- (with stress retraction) IPA(key): /ˈmalard/, /ˈmau̯lard/, /ˈmau̯dəlard/
Noun
malard (plural malardes)
- A mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), especially the male.
- The meat of a duck.
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