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harde

Pronunciation: /aʁd/

“harde” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. herd of wild animals (especially ruminants, deer, or wild boar)
  2. pack (of dogs)

In French

  1. Troupeau de bêtes, en particulier de ruminants sauvages. Ce terme est souvent utilisé en France pour évoquer un groupe de cervidés etc., mais selon les pays de multiples animaux rentrent dans le champ d’application du mot harde.
  2. Troupe d’oiseaux, le plus souvent de proie.
  3. Meute de chiens.
  4. Linge ou sous-vêtement.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French harde, from Old French herde (“herd of wild animals”), from Frankish *herda (“herd”), from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with Old High German herta (“herd”), Middle Dutch herde, harde (“herd”), Old English heord (“herd”). More at herd.

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