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masculine
/kɔ.naʁ/
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Translation
bastard, asshole (vulgar)
Word origin
A coarse insult formed from con (from Latin cunnus, a crude term for the female genitals) and the pejorative suffix -ard. By extension con and connard came to mean 'idiot, fool'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cunnus
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralconnards
Examples
, ' priorite !
What a bastard, he cut me off!
.
Do not call your brother an asshole.
' -.
He acted like a complete bastard that night.
congés.
That arsehole of a boss refuses to give me my time off.
'énervent.
The idiots who talk loudly on the train infuriate me.
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