"bénard" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /be.naʁ/ Forms: bénarde [feminine], bénards [masculine, plural], bénardes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From an obsolent adjective bernard (“foolish, stupid”). Head templates: {{fr-adj}} bénard (feminine bénarde, masculine plural bénards, feminine plural bénardes)
  1. (dated, of a lock) That can be opened from either side using the same key Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-bénard-fr-adj-ierviQcg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /be.naʁ/ Forms: bénards [plural]
Etymology: From Auguste Bénard, name of a nineteenth-century tailor who designed a popular type of pants. Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} bénard m (plural bénards)
  1. (slang) pants, trousers Tags: masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-bénard-fr-noun-Uc9kwK6S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "That can be opened from either side using the same key"
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