couard

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French couard, from Old French cuard, from cüe, coue (“tail”); equivalent to queue +‎ -ard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwaʁ/ === Adjective === couard (feminine couarde, masculine plural couards, feminine plural couardes) (archaic or literary) cowardly ==== Derived terms ==== couardement couardise === Noun === couard m (plural couards, feminine couarde) coward === Descendants === → Portuguese: cobarde, covarde → Spanish: cobarde === Further reading === “couard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012