couard

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cuard, corresponding to cüe, coue (compare French queue) + -ard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwaʁ/
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Adjective

couard (feminine couarde, masculine plural couards, feminine plural couardes)

(archaic or literary) cowardly

Derived terms

Noun

couard m (plural couards, feminine couarde)

coward

Descendants

→ Portuguese: cobarde, covarde
→ Spanish: cobarde

Further reading

“couard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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