bénard

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /be.naʁ/ Homophone: bénards === Etymology 1 === From an obsolete adjective bernard (“foolish, stupid”). ==== Adjective ==== bénard (feminine bénarde, masculine plural bénards, feminine plural bénardes) (dated, of a lock) That can be opened from either side using the same key === Etymology 2 === From Auguste Bénard, name of a nineteenth-century tailor who designed a popular type of pants. ==== Noun ==== bénard m (plural bénards) (slang) pants, trousers === Further reading === “bénard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012