nard
See also: Nard, närd, and n-ard
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /nɑɹd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɑːd/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.
Noun
nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
- Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], OCLC 762018299, Mark xiiij:[3], folio lxvj, recto:
- […] there cam a womã with an alablaſter boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and coſtly / and ſhe brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed.
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- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
Synonyms
- nardus (obsolete)
- (Nardostachys jatamansi): nardin, muskroot
Derived terms
- spikenard
References
nard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Nardostachys jatamansi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Nardostachys+jatamansi at The Plant List
- nard at OneLook Dictionary Search
- nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.
Etymology 2
Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).
Noun
nard (plural nards)
- (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
- 2006, Max Brooks, World War Z:
- I’m sure whoever was in charge must have been one of the last of the Fulda Fucktards, you know, those generals who spent their nard-drop years training to defend West Germany from Ivan.
Synonyms
- (testicles): ball, nut
Anagrams
- DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin nardus (“spikenard”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈnaɾt/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈnart/
Noun
nard m (plural nards)
- tuberose (Agave amica)
Further reading
- “nard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin nardus.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
nard m (plural nards)
- (botany) matgrass (Nardus)
Derived terms
- nard celtique
- nard de Crète
- nard de montagne
- nard indien
- nard indique
- nard raide
- nard sauvage
Further reading
- “nard” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “nard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
nard
- Alternative form of narde
Romanian
Etymology
From Greek νάρδος (nárdos).
Noun
nard m (uncountable)
- nard (Nardostachys jatamansi)
Declension
declension of nard (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) nard | nardul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) nard | nardului |
| vocative | nardule | |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nârd/
Noun
nȁrd m (Cyrillic spelling на̏рд)
- nard (plant or oil)
References
- “nard” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Volapük
Noun
nard (nominative plural nards)
- valerian
Declension
declension of nard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nard | nards |
| genitive | narda | nardas |
| dative | narde | nardes |
| accusative | nardi | nardis |
| vocative 1 | o nard! | o nards! |
| predicative 2 | nardu | nardus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only