petard

== English == === Alternative forms === pettard === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɪˈtɑːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɪˈtɑɹd/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d === Etymology 1 === From Middle French petard; see Modern French pétard (“firecracker”). ==== Noun ==== petard (plural petards) (historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall. Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense. (rare) A loud firecracker. ===== Usage notes ===== A fossil word in modern English, rare outside the set phrase hoist by one's own petard (and variants). Consequently, often given folk etymologies relating petard to words such as petticoat. ===== Derived terms ===== hoist by one's own petard ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle French petarder (Modern French pétarder), from petard + -er (suffix forming verbs). ==== Verb ==== petard (third-person singular simple present petards, present participle petarding, simple past and past participle petarded) (now rare, archaic) To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === depart, detrap, drapet, parted, prated, rapted, tarped, traped == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.tart/ Rhymes: -ɛtart Syllabification: pe‧tard === Noun === petard f genitive plural of petarda == Swedish == === Etymology === From French pétard, used since 1600. === Noun === petard c a petard (small bomb) a petard (firecracker) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== bomb sprängmina firecracker knallsignal svärmare ==== Related terms ==== petardera petardör === References === “petard”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)