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izard

izard noun: a Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica).

Noun

izard (plural izards)

  1. A Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica).
    • [T]hat threatening aspect with which they seemed to hang over the wandering traveller […] bid him to fear, lest even the light steps of the Izard (the Chamois of the Pyrenees), or the wild goats, who now and then appeared suspended amid the craggy fissures, should disunite them from the mountain...1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 474

Proper noun capitalized: Izard

Izard (plural Izards)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of izard

Noun
pluralizards
alternative formisard
Proper noun
pluralIzards

Origin of izard

From French isard; further derivation uncertain.

Borrowed from French Izard.

Words formed from izard

Questions about izard

What does izard mean?
Izard means a Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica).
What part of speech is izard?
Izard can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of izard?
The plural of izard is izards.

Words near izard in the dictionary

  1. Izalco
  2. Izanagi
  3. Izanami
  4. izangoma
  5. izar
  6. izard
  7. Izard County
  8. izards
  9. izars
  10. izat
  11. izba

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Adapted from Wiktionary: izard (page history and authors); Izard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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