fauchard

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fauchard. See also -ard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/ === Noun === fauchard (plural fauchards) (historical) An early European weapon consisting of a curved blade on a long pole. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French fauchar, fauchart, from Old French fauçard, from Vulgar Latin *falcāre, derived from Latin falx (“sickle, scythe”). Doublet of faux ("scythe"). === Noun === fauchard m (plural fauchards) fauchard === Further reading === “fauchard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012