different between petard vs madrier

English

Alternative forms

• pettard

Etymology

From Middle French petarder, see Modern French pétard (“firecracker”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??t??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??t??d/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d

Noun

petard (plural petards)

1. (historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
2. Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
3. (rare) A loud firecracker.

Derived terms

• hoist by one's own petard

Translations

Verb

petard (third-person singular simple present petards, present participle petarding, simple past and past participle petarded)

1. (now rare, archaic) To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.

Translations

Anagrams

• depart, detrap, drapet, parted, prated, rapted, tarped, traped

Polish

Noun

petard f

1. genitive plural of petarda

Swedish

Etymology

From French pétard, used since 1600.

Noun

petard c

1. a petard (small bomb)
2. a petard (firecracker)

Declension

Synonyms

bomb

• sprängmina

firecracker

• knallsignal
• svärmare

Related terms

• petardera
• petardör

References

• petard in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

French

Noun

madrier (plural madriers)

1. A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes.
   1. A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.
   2. A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.

Anagrams

• admirer, mardier, married

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan madier, from Late Latin materium, from Latin materia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.d?i.je/

Noun

madrier m (plural madriers)

1. beam

Synonyms

• poutre

Descendants

• ? English: madrier

Further reading

• “madrier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• admirer