tard

See also: t-ard, 'tard, -tard, tárd, and tar'd

English

Alternative forms

• 'tard

Etymology

Aphetic form of retard.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: tarred

Noun

tard (plural tards)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person with mental retardation.
2. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person who acts stupidly.

Usage notes

See the usage notes about retard.

Related terms

• /b/tard
• celebutard
• chantard
• flattard
• fucktard
• globetard
• libertard
• libtard
• spamtard
• tard guard
• tard wrangler, tard wrangle
• Twitard

 

Anagrams

• ADRT, Art.D., DART, DTRA, Dart, dart, drat, trad

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tart, from Latin tardē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtart]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈtaɾt]

Adverb

tard

1. late

Related terms

• més val tard que no mai
• tard o d'hora
• tardà
• tarda
• tardejar

 

References

• “tard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tard” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tard, tart, from Latin tarde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʁ/
• (France) IPA^(key): /taʁ/
• (Quebec, formal) IPA^(key): [tɑːʁ]
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): [tɑɔ̯ʁ̥]
• Rhymes: -aʁ

Adverb

tard

1. late

   Antonym: tôt

   • 2018, Zaz, Plume:

     Je ne pense qu’à aujourd’hui. C’est trop tard pour hier.

     I'm thinking only of today. It's too late for yesterday.

Derived terms

• à plus tard
• au plus tard
• couche-tard
• mieux vaut tard que jamais
• sur le tard
• tôt ou tard

 

Related terms

• attardé
• attarder
• retard
• retarder
• tarder
• tardif

 

Further reading

• “tard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tardi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtart/

Adverb

tard

1. late

   Antonym: bikri

Related terms

• rritardja
• tardiv
• ttardja (ttarda)

 

Norman

Alternative forms

• trad (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French tard, tart, from Latin tarde.

Adverb

tard

1. (Guernsey) late

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tard, from Latin tarde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tart]

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Adverb

tard

1. late

   un pau pus tard ― a bit later