"cafard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cafards [plural]
Etymology: From French cafard. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cafard}} French cafard Head templates: {{en-noun}} cafard (plural cafards)
  1. Depression; melancholy.
    Sense id: en-cafard-en-noun-sLHXiM3S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [French]

IPA: /ka.faʁ/ Audio: Fr-cafard.ogg Forms: cafards [plural], cafarde [feminine]
Rhymes: -aʁ Etymology: Francized form of Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”). Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|ar|كَافِر|gloss=unbeliever}} Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} cafard m (plural cafards, feminine cafarde)
  1. hypocrite Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Insects Synonyms: bigot, hypocrite
    Sense id: en-cafard-fr-noun-hXu1klNY Disambiguation of People: 46 33 0 20 Disambiguation of Insects: 50 6 34 11 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 58 6 26 10
  2. (by extension) tattletale, informant, rat Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-cafard-fr-noun-zb82rX2o
  3. (entomology) cockroach Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Entomology Synonyms: blatte, cancrelat, coquerelle [Quebec], ravet [Antilles, Louisiana]
    Sense id: en-cafard-fr-noun-Fv08mzoo Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  4. (informal) depression, melancholy Tags: informal, masculine Synonyms: bourdon, mélancolie, spleen
    Sense id: en-cafard-fr-noun-0puhcned
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avoir le cafard

Inflected forms

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