bard

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑɹd/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: barred

(15th c.) from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

bard (plural bards)

1. A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
   • 1837, Richard Llwyd, The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, the Bard of Snowdon‎:

     He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […]

   • 2023, Rundisc, Chants of Sennaar, Focus Entertainment, via Nintendo Switch, level/area: Gardens:

     A WEAPON, THE WARRIOR CARRIES. A SAW, THE IDIOT CARRIES. AN INSTRUMENT, THE BARD CARRIES.

2. (by extension) A poet.

   Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.

From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

bard (plural bards)

1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
2. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
4. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
5. Specifically, Peruvian bark.

bard (third-person singular simple present bards, present participle barding, simple past and past participle barded)

1. To cover a horse in defensive armor.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:

     The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.

2. (cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

• Brad, brad, darb, drab

bard m (plural bards)

1. bard (a professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts)

• “bard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bard”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bard” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bard” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbart]

bard m anim

1. bard (Celtic poet and singer)
2. (by extension) bard, poet, spokesperson

• bard in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bard in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• bard in Internetová jazyková příručka

Borrowed either from German Barde or English bard. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”). Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

• IPA^(key): /bɑrt/

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• Hyphenation: bard
• Rhymes: -ɑrt

bard m (plural barden)

1. bard, Celtic poet, singer

Inherited from Middle French bard, from Old French béart, bayart, baiart, boieart, boyart, bayard (“stretcher”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unattested *berard, from Frankish *berhard (“carrier”), from Frankish *beran (“to carry”) + *-hard.

• IPA^(key): /baʁ/

bard m (plural bards)

1. (dated) a sort of stretcher, with no wheels, used for transporting materials
2. (dated) a sawhorse

• bayard
• (sawhorse): tréteau

• “bard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• bárd (obsolete)

From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɑːɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠæːɾˠd̪ˠ/

bard m (genitive singular baird, nominative plural baird)

1. poet (of a certain rank); bard
2. scold

• filíocht na mbard (“bardic poetry”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bárd”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 60

From Proto-Finnic *parta, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.

bard

1. beard

From Arabic بَرْد (bard).

• IPA^(key): /bart/

bard m (plural brud)

1. cold; cold weather

• kiesaħ

From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos.

bard m (genitive singular ?, plural bardyn)

1. bard
2. poet

• bardagh
• bardoonagh

• barde

From Old Norse barð.

• IPA^(key): /baːr/, /baːɽ/

bard m (definite singular barden, indefinite plural bardar, definite plural bardane)

1. an edge, rim, (river)bank

• Svalbard

• “bard” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “bard” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

From Proto-Celtic *bardos.

• IPA^(key): /bar͈d/

bard m (genitive baird, nominative plural baird)

1. bard
2. poet

• éices
• fer cerda
• fili
• túar

• Irish: bard
• Manx: bard
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrd
  • → English: bard

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /bart/

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• Rhymes: -art
• Syllabification: bard

Borrowed from French barde, from Latin bardus, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to approve, praise”).

bard m pers

1. (historical) bard (professional Celtic poet and singer whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men)
2. (by extension) bard, poet, songster

   Synonyms: poeta, piewca, wieszcz

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bard n

1. genitive plural of bardo

• bard in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French barde, from Latin bardus.

bard m (plural barzi)

1. bard

bard c

1. bard (poet and singer)
2. (physiology, often in the plural) baleen

• diktare
• skald

• bard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bard in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Finnic *parta, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.

bard

1. beard