🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

pardo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pardo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pard/pɑːrd/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il pardo ruggì nella foresta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A leopard or panther; a spotted or panther-like wild animal.

    "The swift pard stalked silently through the dense jungle foliage."
  2. 2

    A variant form of partner or companion, often used in rustic or colloquial dialogue.

    "He tipped his hat to his old pard across the campfire."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English pard, originating from Old French pard and ultimately from Latin pardus, meaning leopard or panther. The term was notably adopted in poetic and archaic literary contexts, famously used by Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers.

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