barde

See also: Barde, bardé, and bärde

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁd/

• Audio (un barde)

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French barde, through Arabic بَرْدَة‎ (barda); ultimately from Middle Persian pltk' (pardag). Compare to Persian پرده‎ (parde), Old Armenian պարտակ (partak), and Classical Syriac ܦܪܕܩܐ‎ (pardəqā).

Noun

barde f (plural bardes)

1. horse-armour, also a long saddle for an ass or mule of canvas, pack-saddle

   Synonym: bardelle

2. a thin layer of lard used to coat meat

Etymology 2

From Latin bardus (“poet, singer”), from Gaulish, cognate with other Celtic equivalents.

Noun

barde m (plural bardes)

1. bard (poet and singer)

Derived terms

• bardique

Etymology 3

• see barder

Verb

barde

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of barder

Further reading

• “barde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• brade, bradé

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːr.de/, [ˈbäːrd̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.de/, [ˈbärd̪e]

Adjective

bārde

1. vocative singular masculine of bārdus

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.de/, [ˈbärd̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.de/, [ˈbärd̪e]

Noun

barde m

1. vocative singular of bardus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German barde or Dutch baard. Akin to English beard.

Noun

barde m (definite singular barden, indefinite plural bardar, definite plural bardane)

1. plate in the mouth of a baleen whale, which it uses to trap their food

Etymology 2

Noun

barde m (definite singular barden, indefinite plural bardar, definite plural bardane)

1. alternative form of bard