garde
English
Danish
Inflection
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʁd/
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Etymology 1
From Old French guarde, from the verb guarder (or less likely directly from Frankish *warda), from Frankish *wardōn (“to protect”). Compare Italian guardia, Spanish guarda. Cognate with English ward.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Deverbal of garder.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
garde
Derived terms
Further reading
- “garde” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French guarde, from guarder. Doublet of ward.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡard(ə)/, /ˈɡaːrd(ə)/
Noun
garde (plural gardes)
- guardianship, safeguarding, covering, authority
- (rare) A company of guardians or wardens.
- (rare) A portion of a set of armour.
Descendants
- English: guard
- Scots: gaird
References
- “gard(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.
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