moutard

French

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Frainc-Comtou (the franc-comtois language) and Franco-Provençal mottet (“small boy, young man”) [1633, Dauphiné], perhaps to be connected with Frainc-Comtou and Franco-Provençal moutte, mote (“goat without horns”) of the same origin as French motte, as the goats without horns are the youngest.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

moutard m (plural moutards)

1. (informal) young boy
2. (informal) brat, kid

Further reading

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

Paronyms

• Montard
• motard