bénard

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.naʁ/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Homophone: bénards

Etymology 1

From an obsolete adjective bernard (“foolish, stupid”).

Adjective

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

Etymology 2

From Auguste Bénard, name of a nineteenth-century tailor who designed a popular type of pants.

Noun

bénard m (plural bénards)

  1. (slang) pants, trousers

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