"couard" meaning in Français

See couard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \kwaʁ\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-couard.wav Forms: couards [plural, masculine], couarde [singular, feminine], couardes [plural, feminine]
  1. Qui est poltron, qui n’a pas de courage.
    Sense id: fr-couard-fr-adj-ZNJJWjJR Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lâche, peureux Derived forms: couardise, couardement, couardise, coward, covard, cobarde Translations: coward (Anglais), kouart (Breton), covard (Catalan), cobarde (Espagnol), coardo (Interlingua), codardo (Italien), yuma (Lingala), coard (Occitan), fedon (Occitan), pauruc (Occitan), covarde (Portugais), cobarde (Portugais), laș [masculine] (Roumain), fricos (Roumain)

Noun

IPA: \kwaʁ\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-couard.wav Forms: couards [plural], couarde [feminine]
  1. Poltron, lâche.
    Sense id: fr-couard-fr-noun-QwlBXOVB Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lâche, peureux Derived forms: coward Translations: coward (Anglais), pelkuri (Finnois), coardo (Interlingua), codardo (Italien), coard [masculine] (Occitan), coarda [feminine] (Occitan), kobao (Palenquero), cobarde [masculine] (Portugais), трус [masculine] (Russe), árggan (Same du Nord)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "coardo"
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      "word": "codardo"
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        },
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      "word": "kouart"
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      "word": "covard"
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      "word": "cobarde"
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      "word": "coardo"
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      "word": "codardo"
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      "word": "yuma"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "coard"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "fedon"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "pauruc"
    },
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      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "covarde"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cobarde"
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      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "fricos"
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    {
      "form": "couarde",
      "source": "form line template 'équiv-pour'",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Roger Lathuillère, Guiron le Courtois: Étude de la tradition manuscrite et analyse critique, 1966",
          "text": "Le jour venu, le couard se dit malade, reste au lit et, donnant son écu mi-parti à son ami, l’envoie aux joutes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Poltron, lâche."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\kwaʁ\\"
    },
    {
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      "raw_tags": [
        "France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-couard.wav"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lâche"
    },
    {
      "word": "peureux"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "coward"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "pelkuri"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "word": "coardo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "codardo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coard"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coarda"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Palenquero",
      "lang_code": "pln",
      "word": "kobao"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cobarde"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трус"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "árggan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "couard"
}

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