pardi
English
Interjection
pardi
- Obsolete form of pardie.
- 1765, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 8, Penguin, published 2003, page 491:
- And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tail.
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
pardi
- genitive singular of part
French
Etymology
Alteration of pardieu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paʁ.di/
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Interjection
pardi
- (dated) (yes,) obviously! (yes,) for God's sake! (yes,) of course!
Further reading
- “pardi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
pardī
- inflection of pardus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular