isard

isard (plural isards)

1. Alternative form of izard.

Uncertain, possibly from a Pre-Roman (Basque or Iberian) root *izarr-, *isarr-.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iˈzart]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iˈzaɾt]

isard m (plural isards)

1. chamois

   Synonym: camussa

isard (feminine isarda, masculine plural isards, feminine plural isardes)

1. wild, rough, rugged (of terrain)

   Synonym: escabrós

2. untamed, unapproachable (of animals)

   Synonym: salvatge

3. surly, unsociable (of people)

   Synonym: esquerp

• “isard”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Occitan isard, possibly from a Pre-Roman (Basque or Iberian) root *izarr-, *isarr-.

• IPA^(key): /i.zaʁ/

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isard m (plural isards)

1. Pyrenean chamois

• “isard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.