liard
English edit
Etymology edit
French liard, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ljɑː/, /ljɑːd/
- Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːd
Noun edit
liard (plural liards)
- (historical) A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- I waited — not to share the booty, for, so help me God and Saint Withold! as neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard, — I waited but to render my thanks to thee and to thy bold yeomen, for the life and honour ye have saved.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Compare obsolete liart (“greyish”), source of Catalan liart, Italian leardo, which designate a grey coat colour in horses.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
liard m (plural liards)
- (historical) liard (a small bronze coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou)
- a trifling amount, a red cent, a pittance
- (Canada, Louisiana) cottonwood
Further reading edit
- “liard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)