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bâtard

bâtard

See also: batard

French

Noun

bâtard m ‎(plural bâtards, feminine bâtarde)

  1. a bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
  2. (botany) a hybrid plant
  3. a batard (short baguette)
  4. (slang) bastard, ****

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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)

  1. (Jersey) bastard

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Etymology

From Middle French, 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).

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