malard
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
malard m (plural malards)
References[edit]
- “malard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- malarde, malerd, mallard, malerde, mathelard, maudelard, mauelarde, maulard, maularde, maulerd, mawdelard, mawdelarde, mawlard, mawlarde
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French mallart, probably from masle (“male”) + -art, in which case equivalent to male (“male”) + -ard. Alternatively, the Old French term may be from Old High German Madelhart.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /maˈlard/, /mau̯ˈlard/, /mau̯dəˈlard/
- (with stress retraction) IPA(key): /ˈmalard/, /ˈmau̯lard/, /ˈmau̯dəlard/
Noun[edit]
malard (plural malardes)
- A mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), especially the male.
- The meat of a duck.
Descendants[edit]
- English: mallard
References[edit]
- “malard(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- enm:Ducks
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