maquisard
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French maquisard.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /makiːˈzɑː(d)/
Noun
maquisard (plural maquisards)
- (historical) A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5. [from 1940s]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 103:
- The revolt touched bottom, reduced to little more than 350 active maquisards.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ki.zaʁ/
Noun
maquisard m (plural maquisards)
- (historical) maquisard (member of a resistance or guerrilla movement)
Further reading
- “maquisard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French maquisard.
Noun
maquisard m (plural maquisarzi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | maquisard | maquisardul | maquisarzi | maquisarzii | |
| genitive-dative | maquisard | maquisardului | maquisarzi | maquisarzilor | |
| vocative | maquisardule | maquisarzilor | |||