different between mallard vs sord

English

Alternative forms

• maudelard, mawdelard (both obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English malarde, mawdelare, from Old French malart, mallart (“wild duck”), possibly derived from the Old High German Madelhart (proper name) (whence the English forms maudelard, mawdelard); or alternatively from Old French male, malle (“male”) +? -ard.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæl.??(?)d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæl?d/

Noun

mallard (plural mallards or mallard)

1. A common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??(?)d/
• Homophone: sword

Etymology 1

Noun

sord (plural sords)

1. (rare) A flock of mallards

Etymology 2

Noun

sord (plural sords)

1. Obsolete form of sward.

Anagrams

• DROs, Dors, Dors., ODRs, OSRD, dors, dors-, ords, rods

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?so?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?sort/
• Hyphenation: sord

Adjective

sord (feminine sorda, masculine plural sords, feminine plural sordes)

1. deaf

Derived terms

• sordament

Related terms

• ensordir
• eixordar

Further reading

• “sord” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sord” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sord” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sord” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.