pard
pronunciation
How to pronounce pard in British English:
UK [pɑ:d]
How to pronounce pard in American English:
US [pɑd]
Word Origin
- pard (n.1)
- archaic form of leopard, c. 1300, from Latin pardus "a male panther," from Greek pardos "male panther," from the same source (probably Iranian) as Sanskrit prdaku-s "leopard, tiger, snake," and Persian palang "panther."
- pard (n.2)
- 1850, dialectal shortening of pardener (1795), representing a common pronunciation of partner (n.).
Example
- 1. Full of strange oaths and beard like the pard .
- 2. Full of strange oaths , and bearded like the pard .
- 3. Have you get a picnic in a pard , when ?
- 4. Who 's that guy pard out front ?
- 5. I wonder if someone -- going to take me home when the pard .