"cafard" meaning in French

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Noun

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 Synonyms: bigot, hypocrite
    Sense id: en-cafard-fr-noun-hXu1klNY Disambiguation of People: 44 36 0 19
  2. (by extension) tattletale, informant, rat Tags: broadly, masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cafard-fr-noun-zb82rX2o Disambiguation of People: 44 36 0 19
  3. (entomology) cockroach Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Entomology Categories (lifeform): Cockroaches Synonyms: blatte, cancrelat, coquerelle [Quebec], ravet [Antilles, Louisiana]
    Sense id: en-cafard-fr-noun-Fv08mzoo Disambiguation of Cockroaches: 2 2 93 2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 15 64 16 Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  4. (informal) depression, melancholy Tags: informal, masculine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bourdon, mélancolie, spleen
    Sense id: en-cafard-fr-noun-0puhcned Disambiguation of People: 44 36 0 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avoir le cafard

Inflected forms

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          "kind": "lifeform",
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      ],
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          "word": "blatte"
        },
        {
          "word": "cancrelat"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quebec"
          ],
          "word": "coquerelle"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Antilles",
            "Louisiana"
          ],
          "word": "ravet"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
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          "english": "to feel blue",
          "text": "avoir le cafard",
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        }
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          "word": "bourdon"
        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "spleen"
        }
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aʁ"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "informant",
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      ],
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          "word": "blatte"
        },
        {
          "word": "cancrelat"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quebec"
          ],
          "word": "coquerelle"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Antilles",
            "Louisiana"
          ],
          "word": "ravet"
        }
      ],
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        "natural-sciences"
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      ],
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          "word": "bourdon"
        },
        {
          "word": "mélancolie"
        },
        {
          "word": "spleen"
        }
      ],
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        "informal",
        "masculine"
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      "ipa": "/ka.faʁ/"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-aʁ"
    }
  ],
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