picard
See also: Picard
English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English picard. Doublet of Picard.
Noun edit
picard (plural picards)
- (historical, nautical) A type of light, seaworthy vessel used in trade and the transport of fish in Britain and Ireland in the late medieval and early modern period.
- 1933, E. M. Carus Wilson, “The Overseas Trade of Bristol”, in Eileen Power, M. M. Postan, editors, Studies in English Trade in the 15th Century, page 239:
- Others, used commonly as fishing boats and in trade with Ireland, were “picards”, named often in the Tolsey Court books as pledges for debts, and worth about £8.
- 1947, Dorothy Burwash, English Merchant Shipping, 1460–1540[1]:
- Irish picards were noted as leaving Bridgewater or Minehead one day with small cargoes of salt or victuals, and returning the next or even the same day with loads of fish.
Catalan edit
Adjective edit
picard (feminine picarda, masculine plural picards, feminine plural picardes)
Noun edit
picard m (plural picards, feminine picarda)
- Picard (native or inhabitant of Picardy) (male or of unspecified gender)
Noun edit
picard m (uncountable)
- Picard (language)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “picard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “picard”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “picard” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “picard” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French picard, from Old French picart, pikart, pickart. By surface analysis, pic + -ard. Compare English pike.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
picard (feminine picarde, masculine plural picards, feminine plural picardes)
- Picard (from Picardy)
Noun edit
picard m (uncountable)
- Picard (language)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “picard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.