bâtard

See also: batard

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French bastard (child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife), from Medieval Latin bastardus (illegitimate child), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (a bond), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (to tie, bind) + -ard. Cognate with Old Frisian bōst (marriage), Middle Dutch basture (whore, prostitute) (from bast + hure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑ.taʁ/
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Noun

bâtard m (plural bâtards, feminine bâtarde)

  1. a bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
  2. (botany) a hybrid plant
  3. a batard (short baguette)
  4. (slang) bastard, asshole

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French bastard (child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife), from Medieval Latin bastardus (illegitimate child), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (a bond), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (to tie, bind).

Noun

bâtard m (plural bâtards)

  1. (Jersey) bastard

Synonyms

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