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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

têtard

Pronunciation / Transliteration: te.taʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pollard/ˈpɒl.ərd/
nounverbCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #15400 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le paysan taille régulièrement cet arbre pour en faire un têtard."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

3 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A tree that has been polled or headed, having its branches cut back close to the trunk to stimulate a dense growth of foliage.

    "The ancient willow pollard stood proudly by the riverbank, bearing a dense crown of new spring shoots."
  2. 2

    An animal, such as a cow or sheep, of a breed that naturally lacks horns or has had them removed.

    "The farmer carefully inspected the herd to ensure every pollard was healthy and adapting well to the pasture."
As verb
  1. 1

    To cut off the top and branches of a tree to encourage new growth.

    "Forestry workers regularly pollard the roadside oaks to prevent them from interfering with overhead power lines."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English noun 'poll' (meaning the head or top of something) plus the suffix '-ard' (denoting a person or thing characterized by an action or state). Historically recorded in the late Middle English period, it originally referred to an animal that has cast its horns, or a person with a cropped head, later evolving to designate a tree whose branches have been stubbed back to promote dense new growth.

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