bénard
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From an obsolent adjective bernard (“foolish, stupid”).
Adjective[edit]
bénard (feminine bénarde, masculine plural bénards, feminine plural bénardes)
- (dated, of a lock) That can be opened from either side using the same key
Etymology 2[edit]
From Auguste Bénard, name of a nineteenth-century tailor who designed a popular type of pants.
Noun[edit]
bénard m (plural bénards)
Further reading[edit]
- “bénard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.