bâtard
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French bâtard, 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 (“whore, prostitute”) (from bast + hure). Eclipsed native terms Latin spurius and nothus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bâtard (feminine bâtarde, masculine plural bâtards, feminine plural bâtardes)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
bâtard m (plural bâtards, feminine bâtarde)
- a bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
- (botany) a hybrid plant
- a batard (short baguette)
- (slang) bastard, asshole
Further reading[edit]
- “bâtard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Noun[edit]
bâtard m (plural bâtards)
Synonyms[edit]
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French 2-syllable words
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- fr:Botany
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- Norman terms derived from Old French
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