name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
petard
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /pɪˈtɑːd/
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General-American: /pɪˈtɑɹd/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d
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CMU ARPABET: P EH1 T ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P AH0 T AA1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
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noun
Meaning 4
A loud firecracker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
Meaning 5
To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 6
an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: explosive device
History
Etymology
From Middle French petard; see Modern French pétard (“firecracker”).
From Middle French petarder (Modern French pétarder), from petard + -er (suffix forming verbs).
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: петарда (petarda) — explosive device
- French: pétard — explosive device
- German: Petarde — explosive device
- Polish: petarda — explosive device
- Portuguese: petardo — explosive device
- Swedish: petard — explosive device
- Swedish: sprängmina — explosive device
- Bulgarian: пиратка (piratka) — firecracker
- Esperanto: petardo — firecracker
- Polish: petarda — firecracker
- Serbo-Croatian: petarda — firecracker
- Swedish: petard — firecracker
- Swedish: svärmare — firecracker
- Swedish: knallsignal — firecracker
- French: pétarder — to attack
- German: petardieren — to attack
- Polish: atakować petardą — to attack
- Polish: zaatakować petardą — to attack
- Portuguese: petardar — to attack
- Portuguese: petardear — to attack
- Swedish: petardera — to attack
- Swedish: spränga — to attack