brigand
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English brigaunt, bregaund circa 1400, from Old French brigand (“foot soldier”) attested from 1421, from Italian briga (“trouble, bother”), perhaps ultimately of Proto-Germanic or Celtic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brigand (plural brigands)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
bandit
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brigand m (plural brigands)
Adjective edit
brigand (feminine brigande, masculine plural brigands, feminine plural brigandes)
Further reading edit
- “brigand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Noun edit
brigand oblique singular, m (oblique plural briganz or brigantz, nominative singular briganz or brigantz, nominative plural brigand)
Descendants edit
- → English: brigand
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (brigand)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
brigand m (plural briganzi)
Declension edit
Declension of brigand
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) brigand | brigandul | (niște) briganzi | briganzii |
genitive/dative | (unui) brigand | brigandului | (unor) briganzi | briganzilor |
vocative | brigandule | briganzilor |