mallart

Old French

Etymology

From masle (“male”), possibly through or influenced by Medieval Latin mallardus.

Noun

mallart m (oblique plural mallarz or mallartz, nominative singular mallarz or mallartz, nominative plural mallart)

male wild duck

Descendants

English: mallard

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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