cafard

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
2 French
- 2.1 Pronunciation
- 2.2 Noun
  - 2.2.1 Synonyms
  - 2.2.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French cafard.

[edit] Noun

cafard (plural cafards)

Depression, melancholy.
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
  
  At such times when the cafard of the city seized her, I was at my wits' end to devise a means of rousing her.

[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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IPA: /ka.faʁ/, SAMPA: /ka.faR/

[edit] Noun

cafard m. (plural cafards)

[edit] Synonyms

blatte f.
cancrelat m.
coquerelle f. (Quebec)

[edit] Derived terms

avoir le cafard

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