bâtard
French
Etymology
From Middle French bâtard, from Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) + -ard. Cognate with Old Frisian bōst (“marriage”), Middle Dutch basture (“whore, prostitute”) (from bast + hure). Eclipsed native terms Latin spurius and nothus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.taʁ/, /bɑ.taʁ/
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Adjective
bâtard (feminine bâtarde, masculine plural bâtards, feminine plural bâtardes)
- bastard
Derived terms
- séné bâtard
Noun
bâtard m (plural bâtards, feminine bâtarde)
- a bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
- (botany) a hybrid plant
- a batard (short baguette)
- (slang) bastard, asshole
Further reading
- “bâtard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bardât
- bradât
Norman
Etymology
From Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).
Noun
bâtard m (plural bâtards)
- (Jersey) bastard
Synonyms
- êfant d'galiotage