bâtard
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French bâtard, from Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) + -ard. Cognate with Old Frisian bōst (“marriage”), Middle Dutch basture (“whore, prostitute”) (from bast + hure). Eclipsed native terms Latin spurius and nothus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bâtard (feminine bâtarde, masculine plural bâtards, feminine plural bâtardes)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
bâtard m (plural bâtards, feminine bâtarde)
- a bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
- (botany) a hybrid plant
- a batard (short baguette)
- (slang) bastard, asshole
Further reading edit
- “bâtard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).
Noun edit
bâtard m (plural bâtards)