reynard
/ˈɹɛnə(ɹ)d/
reynard noun: a fox.
Noun
reynard (plural reynards)
- A fox.
Proper noun capitalized: Reynard
Reynard
- A male given name.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A name in European folklore for the red fox.
- Reynard, in his thieving rambles, one night the summer before last visited the pleasure-gardens in Cornbury Park, and there he found and carried off a hen pheasant while sitting on her nest. The same evening a barn-door hen, with a nide of pheasants also disappeared.1852 May, “Latitat” [pseudonym], “Anecdotes of Foxes”, in The Sportsman, London: Rogerson & Tuxford, →OCLC, page 347
- A locality in the Shire of Wellington and the Shire of Mansfield, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Forms of reynard
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Origin of reynard
From French renard.
Inherited from Middle English Renard, from Old French Renart (Modern renard (“fox”)), influenced by Middle Dutch Reynaerd, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, from *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”) + *harduz (“hard, strong”). Compare German Reinhard, Old High German Reginhart (“strong in counsel”).
Words formed from reynard
Questions about reynard
- What does reynard mean?
- Reynard means a fox.
- What part of speech is reynard?
- Reynard can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce reynard?
- Reynard is pronounced /ˈɹɛnə(ɹ)d/.
- What is the plural of reynard?
- The plural of reynard is reynards.
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