"poniard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒnjəd/ [UK], /ˈpɒnjɑːd/ [UK] Forms: poniards [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French poignard, from poing (“fist”), from Old French poing, from Latin pugnus (“fist”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewǵ-}}, {{dercat|en|itc-pro|ine-pro}}, {{bor|en|frm|poignard}} Middle French poignard, {{m|fr|poing||fist}} poing (“fist”), {{der|en|fro|poing}} Old French poing, {{der|en|la|pugnus||fist}} Latin pugnus (“fist”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} poniard (plural poniards)
  1. (now chiefly historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade. Tags: historical Translations (dagger): кама́ (kamá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кинжа́л (kinžál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), knijf [neuter] (Dutch), ponjaard [masculine] (Dutch), ponardo (Esperanto), poignard [masculine] (French), puñal [masculine] (Galician), poniardo (Ido), pugnale [masculine] (Italian), sīca [feminine] (Latin), dolk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), شوشکه (šuške) (Persian), punhal [masculine] (Portuguese), кинжа́л (kinžál) [masculine] (Russian), puñal [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-poniard-en-noun-jFLQn8e6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poignard, poinard, poynard, punierd

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɒnjəd/ [UK], /ˈpɒnjɑːd/ [UK] Forms: poniards [present, singular, third-person], poniarding [participle, present], poniarded [participle, past], poniarded [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French poignard, from poing (“fist”), from Old French poing, from Latin pugnus (“fist”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewǵ-}}, {{dercat|en|itc-pro|ine-pro}}, {{bor|en|frm|poignard}} Middle French poignard, {{m|fr|poing||fist}} poing (“fist”), {{der|en|fro|poing}} Old French poing, {{der|en|la|pugnus||fist}} Latin pugnus (“fist”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} poniard (third-person singular simple present poniards, present participle poniarding, simple past and past participle poniarded)
  1. To stab with a poniard. Categories (topical): Weapons Related terms: impugn, pugilism, pugnacious, repugn (english: repugnant)
    Sense id: en-poniard-en-verb-JJB9zCno Disambiguation of Weapons: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poignard, poinard, poynard, punierd

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "pugnacious"
    },
    {
      "english": "repugnant",
      "word": "repugn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section I",
          "text": "Manfred […] would have poignarded the peasant in their arms.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stab with a poniard."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɒnjəd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɒnjɑːd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "poignard"
    },
    {
      "word": "poinard"
    },
    {
      "word": "poynard"
    },
    {
      "word": "punierd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "poniard"
}

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