tard

• 'tard

Aphetic form of retard.

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: tarred

tard (plural tards)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person with mental retardation.
2. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person who acts stupidly.

See the usage notes about retard.

• DArT, Art.D., trad, dart, DART, drat, DTRA, ADRT, Dart

Inherited from Old Catalan tart, from Latin tardē.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtart]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtaɾt]

tard

1. late

• “tard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tard” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Old French tard, tart, from Latin tarde.

• (France) IPA^(key): /taʁ/

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• (Quebec, formal) IPA^(key): /tɑːʁ/
• (Quebec, Gaspésie, informal) IPA^(key): /tɑɔ̯ʁ̥/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

tard

1. late

   Antonym: tôt

   • 2018, Zaz, Plume:

     Je ne pense qu’à aujourd’hui. C’est trop tard pour hier.

     I'm thinking only of today. It's too late for yesterday.

• “tard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Italian tardi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtart/

tard

1. late

   Antonym: bikri

• trad (Jersey)

From Old French tard, tart, from Latin tarde.

tard

1. (Guernsey) late

From Old Occitan tard, from Latin tarde.

• IPA^(key): [tart]

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tard

1. late

   un pau pus tard ― a bit later