See also: Renard and renârd

French edit

 
Renard roux (Vulpes vulpes)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French renard, from Old French renart, the name of the fox in the medieval Roman de Renart. A Germanic personal name, from Frankish *Raginahardu, from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, from *raginą (counsel) + *harduz (hard, strong). Compare German Reinhard, whence Reineke (name of the fox, after the same tale). Displaced goupil (from Latin vulpecula), possibly by way of taboo avoidance.

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  • IPA(key): /ʁə.naʁ/
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  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): [(ə)ɾ(ə)na(ɾ)]

Noun edit

renard m (plural renards, feminine renarde, diminutive renardeau)

  1. fox (small carnivore)
  2. (figurative) crafty, purposeful and cunning character
  3. (slang) flatulence
  4. (nautical) ancient navigation tool: circular, wooden or copper plate, which enables the helmsman to keep a record of wind conditions by inserting pegs at specific positions
  5. hardly detectable cracks or holes causing a water tank or pond to empty itself

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