bénard

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be.naʁ/

Etymology 1

From an obsolent adjective bernard (“foolish, stupid”)

Adjective

bénard (feminine singular bénarde, masculine plural bénards, feminine plural bénardes)

(dated, of a lock) That can be opened from either side using the same key

Etymology 2

From Auguste Bénard, name of a nineteenth-century tailor who designed a popular type of pants

Noun

bénard m (plural bénards)

(slang) Pants

Further reading

“bénard” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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