clochard
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French clochard.
Noun[edit]
clochard (plural clochards)
- A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 492:
- He nearly fell over the Pont Neuf, enjoyed the conversation and esteem of several hairy clochards, and was finally knocked down by a taxi in the Place Vendôme […]
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 92:
- ‘Those clochards in Cannes, mostly old soixante-huitards. They see a tribute to modern industrial genius and can't resist giving it a swift kick.’
Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French clochard.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
clochard m (plural clochards, diminutive clochardje n)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Disputed. One possible etymology is clocher (“to limp”) + -ard, another one is from cloche (“clumsy person, oaf”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
clochard m (plural clochards, feminine clocharde)
- (now usually derogatory) tramp; vagrant
- Synonym: clodo
- 1993, Patrick Gaboriau, Clochard. L'univers d'un groupe de sans-abri parisiens:
- La vie quotidienne des clochards est mal connue.
- The everyday life of vagrants is poorly known.
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: clochard
- → English: clochard
- → Italian: clochard
- → Slovene: klošar
- → Serbo-Croatian: klošar
- → Polish: kloszard
- → Macedonian: клошар (klošar)
- → Russian: клошар (klošar)
Further reading[edit]
- “clochard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from French clochard.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
clochard m or f by sense (invariable)
- (now non derogatory) tramp, vagrant, homeless
- Synonyms: (derogatory) barbone, senzatetto
Further reading[edit]
- clochard in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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