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paard.

horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/paːrt/
  1. horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus)

    neuter
  2. a knight

    neuter
  3. a pommel horse

    neuter
  4. a rope hanging beneath a spar or other horizontal beam, often fixed in place by other ropes

    neuter
  5. an ugly woman

    derogatory · neuter · offensive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch pert, pāert, from Old Dutch *pered, *perid, from Proto-West Germanic *parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus. Compare German Pferd. Doublet of palefroot.

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