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jars.

gander (male goose)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʒaʁ/
  1. gander (male goose)

    invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French jars, gars, from Old French jars, garz, gart, from Frankish *gaʀd (“spike, stick, sting”) (in reference to the male's penis), from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“rod, staff”). Cognate with Old High German gart (“sting, goad, spur, gad”), Old English ġeard (“rod, spike”). Compare also Gaulish *garanos (“crane”), from Proto-Celtic *garanos.

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