camarde

See also: Camarde

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.maʁd/

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Adjective

camarde

1. feminine singular of camard

Noun

camarde f (plural camardes)

1. female equivalent of camard
2. (informal, with article, sometimes capitalized) Death (personification of death)
   • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:

     Car, enfin, la Camarde est assez vigilante / Elle n’a pas besoin qu’on lui tienne la faux / Plus de danse macabre autour des échafauds !

     Because after all, Death is vigilant enough / He does not need us to hold the scythe for him / No more macabre dance around the scaffold!

Alternative forms

• Camarde

Further reading

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