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pard
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English parde, from Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (párdos), possibly of Iranian origin and related to other Sanskrit and Ancient Greek terms (see leopard).
Noun
pard (plural pards)
- (archaic) A leopard; a panther.
Etymology 2
From pardner (“partner”), by shortening.
Noun
pard (plural pards)
- (colloquial) Partner; fellow; Used as a friendly appellation
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:
- He had long believed, in secret, that his old pard, Tom Terror, was the leader of the Thugs that infested the famous pass; he was confident of it now, and it would be safe to say that, as he rode along, his neck did not itch as formerly.
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:
Anagrams
- Drap, drap, prad
Volapük
Noun
pard (nominative plural pards)
- forgiveness
Declension
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nard
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /n??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /n??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit ??? (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.
Noun
nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
- Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
Synonyms
- nardus (obsolete)
- (Nardostachys jatamansi): nardin, muskroot
Derived terms
- spikenard
References
- nard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nardostachys jatamansi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Nardostachys+jatamansi at The Plant List
- nard at OneLook Dictionary Search
- nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.
Etymology 2
Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).
Noun
nard (plural nards)
- (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) Testicles.
- The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
Synonyms
- (testicles): balls, nuts
Anagrams
- -andr-, DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin nardus (“spikenard”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?na?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?nart/
Noun
nard m (plural nards)
- tuberose (Agave amica)
Further reading
- “nard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin nardus.
Noun
nard m (plural nards)
- (botany) matgrass (Nardus)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nard” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “nard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit ??? (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nârd/
Noun
n?rd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- nard (plant or oil)
References
- “nard” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Volapük
Noun
nard (nominative plural nards)
- valerian
Declension
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