-ard
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ard"
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). More at hard.
Suffix edit
-ard
- Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
someone who is in a specified condition
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French -ard, -art, from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong”). More at English hard.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ard m (plural -ards, feminine -arde)
- forms pejoratives, diminutives, and nouns representing or belonging to a particular class or sort
- Coordinate term: -asse
- clocher (“to wobble”) + -ard → clochard (“tramp, vagrant”)
- flemme (“laziness”) + -ard → flemmard (“idler”)
- soul (“drunk”) + -ard → soulard (“drunkard”)
- chauffeur (“driver”) + -ard → chauffard (“bad driver”)
- montagne (“mountain”) + -ard → montagnard (“mountain-dweller”)
- route (“road”) + -ard → routard (“backpacker”)
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Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French -ard, -art, from Frankish *-hard.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ard
- Forming pejorative agent nouns from other nouns; -ard.
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Descendants edit
- English: -ard
References edit
- “-ard, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.