liard
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French liard, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ljɑː/, /ljɑːd/
- Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːd
Noun[edit]
liard (plural liards)
- (historical) A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- I waited — not to share the booty, for, so help me God and Saint Withold! as neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard, — I waited but to render my thanks to thee and to thy bold yeomen, for the life and honour ye have saved.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Compare obsolete liart (“greyish”), source of Catalan liart, Italian leardo, which designate a grey coat colour in horses.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
liard m (plural liards)
- (historical) liard (a small bronze coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou)
- a trifling amount, a red cent, a pittance
- (North America) cottonwood
Further reading[edit]
- “liard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
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