coart

Old French

Alternative forms

• cuard

Noun

coart oblique singular, m (oblique plural coarz or coartz, nominative singular coarz or coartz, nominative plural coart)

1. a coward
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Ne ne fist sanblant de coart.

     Don't act like a coward.

Adjective

coart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular coarde)

1. cowardly

Related terms

• coardise, cuardise

Descendants

• → Catalan: covard
• → English: coward
• French: couard