barde
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʁd/
Audio; “un barde”: (file)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French barde, through Arabic بَرْدَة (barda);[1] ultimately from Middle Persian pltk' (pardag). Compare to Persian پرده (parde), Old Armenian պարտակ (partak), and Classical Syriac ܦܪܕܩܐ (pardəqā).
Noun
barde f (plural bardes)
- horse-armour, also a long saddle for an ass or mule of canvas, pack-saddle
- Synonym: bardelle
- a thin layer of lard used to coat meat
Etymology 2
From Latin bardus (“poet, singer”), from Gaulish, cognate with other Celtic equivalents.
Noun
barde m (plural bardes)
- bard (poet and singer)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
- see barder
Verb
barde
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of barder
Further reading
- “barde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
References
- ^ Heath, Ian (2016): Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300, p. 227
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbaːr.dɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbar.d̪e]
Adjective
bārde
- vocative singular masculine of bārdus
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbar.dɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbar.d̪e]
Noun
barde m
- vocative singular of bardus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German barde or Dutch baard. Akin to English beard.
Noun
barde m (definite singular barden, indefinite plural bardar, definite plural bardane)
- plate in the mouth of a baleen whale, which it uses to trap their food
Etymology 2
Noun
barde m (definite singular barden, indefinite plural bardar, definite plural bardane)
- alternative form of bard