bard

See also bárd, and Bård

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɑː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /ba:(r)d/
• (US) IPA: [bɑɹd], SAMPA: /bArd/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d

Etymology 1

A 15th century loan of Scottish Gaelic bard.

Noun

Wikipedia bard (plural bards)

1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
   • 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 2.

     But the divine power cannot be jealous (nay, according to the proverb, 'bards tell a lie'),

2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.

Derived terms

• bardic

Translations

professional poet and singer

Chinese: trad. 詩人, simpl. 诗人 (pinyin: shīrén) French: barde (fr) m. German: Barde (de) m.

Hungarian: bárd (hu), dalnok (hu) Portuguese: poeta (pt) m., bardo (pt) Spanish: bardo (es) m.

Etymology 2

From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

Noun

bard (plural bards)

1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
2. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
4. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
5. Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Verb

bard (third-person singular simple present bards, present participle barding, simple past and past participle barded)

1. To cover a horse in defensive armor.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:

     The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.

2. (cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Anagrams

• brad, Brad
• darb
• drab

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bˠaːɾˠd̪ˠ]

Noun

bard m.

1. bard
2. poet

Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bard baird Vocative a bhaird a bharda Genitive baird bard Dative bard baird

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bard na baird Genitive an bhaird na mbard Dative leis an mbard don bhard leis na baird

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bard	bhard	mbard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بارد (bārid).

Adjective

bard

1. cold

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.

Noun

bard m. (plural bardyn)

1. bard
2. poet

Synonyms

• bardagh
• bardoonagh

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.

Noun

bard m.

1. bard
2. poet

Synonyms

• éices
• fer cerda
• fili
• túar

Descendants

• Irish: bard
• Manx: bard
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrd