lézard

See also: lezard and Lézard

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French lezart, from Old French lezart, lesard, laisarde, lajjsarde, from Latin lacertus. Compare English lizard.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /le.zaʁ/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /le.zɑːʁ/, [le.zɑɔ̯ʁ]

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

lézard m (plural lézards)

1. lizard

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: leza
• Louisiana Creole: lézard
• Mauritian Creole: lezar
• → Romanian: lezard

Further reading

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

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French lézard.

Noun

lézard

1. lizard

References

• Fortier, Alcée (1894), Louisiana Folktales