"grognard" meaning in French

See grognard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡʁɔ.ɲaʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-grognard.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-grognard.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: grognards [plural], grognarde [feminine]
Etymology: From grogner (“to snarl, grunt, growl, grumble”) + -ard. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|grogner<t:to snarl, grunt, growl, grumble>|-ard}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "strong", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kret-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*harduz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Frankish", "term" : "*-hard", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frk" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-art", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ard", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "grognard", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="grognard">, {{af|fr|grogner|-ard|t1=to snarl, grunt, growl, grumble}} grogner (“to snarl, grunt, growl, grumble”) + -ard Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=grognarde}} grognard m (plural grognards, feminine grognarde)
  1. a grumbler; one who grumbles Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-grognard-fr-noun-kz-U5bJ-
  2. an old veteran soldier, specifically an old grenadier of the Imperial Guard (Grenadiers à pied de la Garde Impériale); an old complaining soldier Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-grognard-fr-noun-~hIUy-RB Categories (other): French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ard Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 25 75 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ard: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: grognasse, grognon

Inflected forms

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