jobard
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French jobe + -ard.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
jobard (feminine jobarde, masculine plural jobards, feminine plural jobardes)
Derived terms edit
- barjot (verlan)
Noun edit
jobard m (plural jobards, feminine jobarde)
- simpleton
- 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “La Ballade des gens qui sont nés quelque part”, in Fernande:
- Que la vie serait belle en toutes circonstances / Si vous n’aviez tiré du néant ces jobards
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “jobard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.