malard

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

malard m (plural malards)

1. drake

References

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mallard, mathelard, maulard
• malarde, malerde, maudelard, mauelarde, maularde, mawdelarde, mawlard, mawlarde (Late Middle English)
• maudelard, mawdelarde (Cheshire); maudlart (Derbyshire)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French mallart, probably from masle (“male”) +‎ -art, in which case equivalent to male (“male”) +‎ -ard. Alternatively, the Old French term may be from Old High German Madelhart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlard/, /mau̯ˈlard/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmalard/, /ˈmau̯lard/ (with stress retraction)

Noun

malard (plural malardes)

1. A mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), especially the male.
2. The meat of a duck.

Descendants

• English: mallard

References

• “malard(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.