petard

See also: pétard

English

the use of a petard

Alternative forms

• pettard

Etymology

From Middle French petarder, see Modern French pétard (“firecracker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈtɑːd/
• IPA^(key): /pɪˈtɑɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d

Noun

petard (plural petards)

1. (historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
2. Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
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3. (now rare) A loud firecracker.

Derived terms

• hoist by one's own petard

Translations

explosive device

• French: pétard (fr)
• German: Petarde (de)
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• Portuguese: petardo (pt) m
• Swedish: petard c, sprängmina c

firecracker

• Serbo-Croatian: petarda (sh) f
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• Swedish: petard c, svärmare c, knallsignal c

Verb

petard (third-person singular simple present petards, present participle petarding, simple past and past participle petarded)

1. (now rare, archaic) To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.
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Translations

to attack

• French: pétarder (fr)
• German: petardieren
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• Portuguese: petardar, petardear
• Swedish: petardera, spränga (sv)

Anagrams

• depart, detrap, drapet, parted, prated, rapted, tarped, traped

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Polish

Noun

petard f

1. genitive plural of petarda

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Swedish

Etymology

From French pétard, used since 1600.

Noun

petard c

1. a petard (small bomb)
2. a petard (firecracker)

Declension

Declension of petard
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	petard	petarden	petarder	petarderna
Genitive	petards	petardens	petarders	petardernas

Synonyms

bomb

• sprängmina

firecracker

• knallsignal
• svärmare

Related terms

• petardera
• petardör

References

• petard in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)