malard

== French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === malard m (plural malards) drake === References === “malard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === mallard, mathelard, maulard malarde, malerde, maudelard, mauelarde, maularde, mawdelarde, mawlard, mawlarde (Late Middle English) maudelard, mawdelarde (Cheshire); maudlart (Derbyshire) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French mallart, probably from masle (“male”) +‎ -art, in which case equivalent to male (“male”) +‎ -ard. Alternatively, the Old French term may be from Old High German Madelhart. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈlard/, /mau̯ˈlard/ IPA(key): /ˈmalard/, /ˈmau̯lard/ (with stress retraction) === Noun === malard (plural malardes) A mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), especially the male. The meat of a duck. ==== Descendants ==== English: mallard ==== References ==== “malard(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.