Savoyard

See also: savoyard

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French Savoy

Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Frankish *-hardbor.

Old French -art

Middle French [Term?]

French -ard

French Savoyardbor.

English Savoyard

Borrowed from French Savoyard.

Noun

Savoyard (plural Savoyards)

1. A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 30:

     He is one of the Emperor’s French-speaking subjects, not a Spaniard but a Savoyard.

Proper noun

Savoyard

1. The dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta).

French

Etymology

From Savoy +‎ -ard.

Noun

Savoyard m (plural Savoyards, feminine Savoyarde)

1. Savoyard (native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France) (usually male)

Related terms

• Haut-Savoyard