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bénard

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From an obsolent adjective bernard (foolish, stupid).

Adjective

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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

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

Noun

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bénard m (plural bénards)

  1. (slang) pants, trousers

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