mulard
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
mulard (plural mulards)
- 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)
Further reading
- “mulard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
mulard m (plural mularzi)
Declension
| 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