bard

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

• Audio (US):

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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^[1]:

     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.

3. (roleplaying games, fantasy) A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.
   • 2015 August 18, Tim Pratt, Pathfinder Tales: Reign of Stars, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 116:

     I saw a bard work a bit of magic once. He brought up a volunteer from the audience, insulted him in rather colorful fashion, and then made the man forget the insults—and then he did the same trick all over again, twice more.”

   • 2024 January 9, Kristy Boyce, Dungeons and Drama, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 66:

     "Having a bard would be even less helpful than having a second wizard, " John interjects.

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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bard”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bard”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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/

• Audio:

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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”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bard	bhard	mbard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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

Root
b-r-d
11 terms

From Arabic بَرْد (bard).

• IPA^(key): /bart/

bard m (plural brud)

1. cold; cold weather
   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
     bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
     il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
     u rix mitbiela,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• kiesaħ

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

bard m (genitive singular ?, plural bardyn)

1. bard
2. poet

• bardagh
• bardoonagh

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bard	vard	mard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• 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

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bard	bardL	bairdL
Vocative	baird	bardL	barduH
Accusative	bardN	bardL	barduH
Genitive	bairdL	bard	bardN
Dative	bardL	bardaib	bardaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• éices
• fer cerda
• fili
• túar

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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bard	bard pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈbart/

• Audio:

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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

Inflection of bard (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	bard
genitive sing.	bardan
partitive sing.	bardad
partitive plur.	bardoid
	singular	plural
nominative	bard	bardad
accusative	bardan	bardad
genitive	bardan	bardoiden
partitive	bardad	bardoid
essive-instructive	bardan	bardoin
translative	bardaks	bardoikš
inessive	bardas	bardoiš
elative	bardaspäi	bardoišpäi
illative	bardaha	bardoihe
adessive	bardal	bardoil
ablative	bardalpäi	bardoilpäi
allative	bardale	bardoile
abessive	bardata	bardoita
comitative	bardanke	bardoidenke
prolative	bardadme	bardoidme
approximative I	bardanno	bardoidenno
approximative II	bardannoks	bardoidennoks
egressive	bardannopäi	bardoidennopäi
terminative I	bardahasai	bardoihesai
terminative II	bardalesai	bardoilesai
terminative III	bardassai	—
additive I	bardahapäi	bardoihepäi
additive II	bardalepäi	bardoilepäi