mulard

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French mulard.

Noun

mulard (plural mulards)

  1. A domestic duck that is a hybrid of the Pekin duck and Muscovy duck.
    • 2016, Michaela DeSoucey, Contested Tastes: Foie Gras and the Politics of Food, page 49:
      Only male mulards are used in foie gras production; the females' livers are considered “too veiny.”

French

Etymology

From mulet (mule), because it too is a hybrid of two species.

Noun

mulard m (plural mulards)

  1. mulard

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mulard.

Noun

mulard m (plural mularzi)

  1. mulard

Declension

Declension of mulard
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative mulard mulardul mularzi mularzii
genitive-dative mulard mulardului mularzi mularzilor
vocative mulardule mularzilor

References

  • mulard in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN