different between liard vs laird

English

Etymology

French liard, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lj??/, /lj??d/

Noun

liard (plural liards)

1. (historical) A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.

Anagrams

• LIDAR, Laird, drail, laird, larid, lidar

French

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Compare obsolete liart (“greyish”), source of Catalan liart, Italian leardo, which designate a grey coat colour in horses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lja?/

Noun

liard m (plural liards)

1. (historical) liard (a small bronze coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou)
2. a trifling amount, a red cent, a pittance
3. (Canada, Louisiana) cottonwood

Further reading

• “liard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; ?ISBN; ?ISBN)

English

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l???d/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /lerd/
• Homophone: laired

Noun

laird (plural lairds)

1. (chiefly Scotland) The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner. [from 14th c.]
2. (chiefly Scotland, historical) Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

laird (third-person singular simple present lairds, present participle lairding, simple past and past participle lairded)

1. (transitive, Scotland) Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).

Translations

References

Further reading

• laird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LIDAR, drail, larid, liard, lidar

Scots

Etymology

From northern/Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord.

Noun

laird (plural lairds)

1. a lord or land owner