bâtard

See also batard

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Etymology

From Middle French, 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 (= bast + hure, “whore, prostitute”).

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Noun

bâtard m (plural bâtards; feminine bâtarde, plural bâtardes)

1. bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
2. (botany) hybrid plant

Anagrams

• bardât
• bradât

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), of Germanic origins.

Noun

bâtard m (plural bâtards)

1. bastard

Synonyms

• êfant d'galiotage