covarde
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese covardo ("covarda", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Old French cuard, probably through Old Occitan.
Pronunciation
Noun
covarde m or f by sense (plural covardes)
Derived terms
Adjective
covarde m or f (plural covardes)
- coward
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:
- quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo
- who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “couardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “couard”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cobard”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “covarde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “covarde”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “covarde”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese covardo, ultimately from Old French cuard, probably through Old Occitan.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁdʒi, (Portugal) -aɾdɨ
- Hyphenation: co‧var‧de
Adjective
covarde m or f (plural covardes)
Noun
covarde m or f by sense (plural covardes)
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