hardi

From English hard, German härten, Swedish härda + -i.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈhardi/
• Hyphenation: har‧di
• Rhymes: -ardi

hardi (present hardas, past hardis, future hardos, conditional hardus, volitive hardu)

1. to temper (i.e. to strengthen or toughen metals)

From Old French hardi, past tense of hardir, of Frankish origin.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.di/

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hardi (feminine singular hardie, masculine plural hardis, feminine plural hardies)

1. bold; courageous; daring

• enhardir
• hardiesse
• hardiment

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

From Old French hardi, past tense of hardir, of Germanic origin.

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hardi m

1. (Jersey) rash

• hardîment (“rashly”)

Past tense of hardir, itself from Frankish. Cognate with modern English hard.

• IPA^(key): /harˈdi/

hardi m (oblique and nominative feminine singular hardie)

1. hardy; tough; durable

• English: hardy (borrowed)
• French: hardi
• Norman: hardi (Jersey)