paard

• perd, peerd (dialectal)

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.

• IPA^(key): /paːrt/

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• Rhymes: -aːrt
• Hyphenation: paard

paard n (plural paarden, diminutive paardje n)

1. horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus)

   Synonyms: hors, ros

   Hyponyms: guil, hengst, knol, merrie, palefroot, pony, ruin, veulen

2. (chess) a knight
3. (gymnastics) a pommel horse
4. (nautical) a rope hanging beneath a spar or other horizontal beam, often fixed in place by other ropes
5. (derogatory, offensive) an ugly woman

• palefroot
• palfrenier

• Afrikaans: perd
  • → Phuthi: ipere
  • → Sotho: pere
• Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd
• → English: prad

Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text)
koning	koningin, dame	toren	loper, bisschop, raadsheer	paard	pion