-ard

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). Cognate with Middle High German -hart. More at hard. === Suffix === -ard Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”). ‎drunk + ‎-ard → ‎drunkard ‎dull + ‎-ard → ‎dullard ‎wise + ‎-ard → ‎wizard ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === -dar, ADR, DAR, DRA, Dar, Dra, RAD, RDA, dar, rad, rad. == Catalan == === Suffix === -ard m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ards) -ard (someone who is in a suffixed condition) -ard appended to placenames to form nouns meaning “one who is of, from or related to a place” ‎Niça (“Nice”) + ‎-ard → ‎niçard (“person from Nice”) === Suffix === -ard (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -arda, masculine plural -ards, feminine plural -ardes) appended to nouns to form adjectives characterising someone or something as characterised by that noun ‎piga (“freckle”) + ‎-ard → ‎pigard (“freckled”) appended to placenames to form relational adjectives meaning “of, from or related to a place” ‎Niça (“Nice”) + ‎-ard → ‎niçard (“of or from Nice”) ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Old French -ard, -art, from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong”). More at English hard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʁ/ === Suffix === -ard m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ards, feminine -arde) forms pejoratives, diminutives, and nouns representing or belonging to a particular class or sort Coordinate term: -asse ‎clocher (“to wobble”) + ‎-ard → ‎clochard (“tramp, vagrant”) ‎flemme (“laziness”) + ‎-ard → ‎flemmard (“idler”) ‎soul (“drunk”) + ‎-ard → ‎soulard (“drunkard”) ‎chauffeur (“driver”) + ‎-ard → ‎chauffard (“bad driver”) ‎montagne (“mountain”) + ‎-ard → ‎montagnard (“mountain-dweller”) ‎route (“road”) + ‎-ard → ‎routard (“backpacker”) ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === -arde, -art, -erd, -erde, -ord === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French -ard, -art, from Frankish *-hard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-ard/, /-art/ === Suffix === -ard Forming pejorative agent nouns from other nouns; -ard. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: -ard ==== References ==== “-ard, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.