bastaard

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑs.taːrt/ Hyphenation: bas‧taard === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch bastaert, from Old French bastard. ==== Alternative forms ==== basterd (archaic) ==== Noun ==== bastaard m (plural bastaarden or bastaards, diminutive bastaardje n) a bastard, person born to unmarried parents; in some legal systems a non-heir, or on that criterium restricted to illegitimate sons (derogatory) a crossbred offspring deemed to be genetically degenerated; bastard, mongrel a bastardised term or language ===== Synonyms ===== onecht/onwettig/illegitiem kind ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Indonesian: bastar →? Saramaccan: bása →? Sranan Tongo: basra === Etymology 2 === From French bâtarde (cognate with the above), in some compound. ==== Noun ==== bastaard m (plural bastaarden, diminutive bastaardje n) an old canon type