bardache

French

Etymology

Earlier bredaiche, borrowed from Italian bardassa, from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.daʃ/

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Noun

bardache m (plural bardaches)

1. (dated) berdache (third-gender Native (North) American)
2. (obsolete) passive homosexual

   Synonym: giton

Descendants

• → English: bardash, berdache
• → Portuguese: berdache

Further reading

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