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bastard en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæs.tæd/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈbæs.tɚd/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɑːs.təd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Old English bastard (used as an epithet), from Anglo-Norman bastard, Old French bastart (“illegitimate child”), perhaps via Medieval Latin bastardus, of obscure origin. Likely from Frankish *bāst (“marriage, relationship”) + Old French -ard, -art (pejorative suffix denoting a specific quality or condition). Frankish *bāst derives from a North Sea Germanic variety of Proto-Germanic *banstuz (“bond, connection, relationship, marriage with a second woman of lower status”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) and is related to West Frisian boaste (“marriage, matrimony”), Middle Dutch bast (“lust, heat”), and more distantly to English boose (“cow-stall”). The term probably originally referred to a child from a polygynous marriage of heathen Germanic custom — a practice not sanctioned by the Christian churches. Alternatively, and less likely, Old French bastart may have originated from the Old French term fils de bast (“packsaddle son”), meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (medieval saddles often doubled as beds while travelling). However chronology makes this difficult, as bastard is attested in Old French from 1089 (Middle Latin bastardus as early as 1010), yet Old French bast (modern French bât), though attested since 1130 with the meaning of "beast of burden", doesn't acquire the specific meaning of "packsaddle" until the 13c., making it too late to have given rise to the terms bastard and bastardus with this sense. The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic theory further above as being most likely.

Meanings

1. Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
2. Of or like a bastard (bad person).
3. Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
4. Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
   • a bastard culverin
   • a bastard musket
5. Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc). ▸ Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
   • that bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
6. (of a language) Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc). ▸ Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.
   • Of what race could these people be? Their language was a bastard Arabic, and yet they were not Arabs; I was quite sure of that. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
7. Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
   • bastard gemsbok; bastard mahogany; bastard toadflax; bastard trumpeter
8. (Ireland, UK, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
   • I’ve got a bastard headache.
9. Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
10. (qualifier:theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
    • A bastard orange gel produces predominantly orange light with undertones of blue.

Forms

Translations (52)

ca bord (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · it bastardo (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · bg копелдашки (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · fr simili (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) · ca bastard (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) · it bastardo (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · fi kummajais- (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) · bg извънбрачен (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · ca bord (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) · fi sekarotuinen (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) · bg фалшив (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) · id keparat (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · ca fill de puta (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · fi väärennetty (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) · hu szemét (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · fr bâtard (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · fr bâtard (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · el νόθος (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · el νόθος (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) · ca bastard (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) · pt bastardo (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · ru нечистокро́вный (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) · mk шкарт (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) · vi đẻ hoang (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · fi äpärämäinen (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · fi äpärä- (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · tr piç (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · fi tekaistu (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) · hu korcs (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) · io bastarda (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · hu mocsok (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · ca bastard (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · hu szabálytalan (alakú/méretű/…) (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) · bg подправен (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) · ga tabhartha (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · fi äpärämäinen (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · nl nep (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) · la illegitimus (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · id berengsek (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · nl ondermaats (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) · hu rohadt (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · el νόθος (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) · id brengsek (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · mk шкарт (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) · fr croisé (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) · bg незаконнороден (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · tr piçler (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · hu hamis (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) · la nothus (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) · hu ál- (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) · th ไอ้เวร (of or like a bastard (bad person)) · fr faux (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity)

bastard en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæs.tæd/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈbæs.tɚd/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɑːs.təd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• (UK) audio

Etymology

From Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Old English bastard (used as an epithet), from Anglo-Norman bastard, Old French bastart (“illegitimate child”), perhaps via Medieval Latin bastardus, of obscure origin. Likely from Frankish *bāst (“marriage, relationship”) + Old French -ard, -art (pejorative suffix denoting a specific quality or condition). Frankish *bāst derives from a North Sea Germanic variety of Proto-Germanic *banstuz (“bond, connection, relationship, marriage with a second woman of lower status”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) and is related to West Frisian boaste (“marriage, matrimony”), Middle Dutch bast (“lust, heat”), and more distantly to English boose (“cow-stall”). The term probably originally referred to a child from a polygynous marriage of heathen Germanic custom — a practice not sanctioned by the Christian churches. Alternatively, and less likely, Old French bastart may have originated from the Old French term fils de bast (“packsaddle son”), meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (medieval saddles often doubled as beds while travelling). However chronology makes this difficult, as bastard is attested in Old French from 1089 (Middle Latin bastardus as early as 1010), yet Old French bast (modern French bât), though attested since 1130 with the meaning of "beast of burden", doesn't acquire the specific meaning of "packsaddle" until the 13c., making it too late to have given rise to the terms bastard and bastardus with this sense. The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic theory further above as being most likely.

Meanings

1. (rare, vulgar) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.
   • “Yes, I’m hhhhowwwwwwcch!” she yelped as she stubbed her toe against the bedpost. “Shit, shit, fuck, bastard, shit, crap!” 2004, Cecelia Ahern, PS, I Love You, Hyperion, →ISBN, page 7:
   • Jack says, “Oh! Bastard! I’m hit!” That bullet had to have come in the busted back window and how it missed Johnnie to hit Jack I don’t know. 2001, Stephen King, “The Death of Jack Hamilton”, in Everything's Eventual, Simon and Schuster, published 2007, →ISBN, page 90:
   • “Isn’t she lovely?” Clem asks, hopefully rhetorically. “Oh, bastard. I’ve got to go—that’s my signal. […]” 2006, Emily Franklin, Love from London, Penguin, →ISBN, page 212:

Forms

Translations (16)

fr scrogneugneu (exclamation of dismay) · fr merde (exclamation of dismay) · el μπάσταρδος (exclamation of dismay) · id berengsek (exclamation of dismay) · fr rogntudju (exclamation of dismay) · fr vingt dieux (exclamation of dismay) · de Bastard! (exclamation of dismay) · id bangsat! (exclamation of dismay) · fr bordel de merde (exclamation of dismay) · pt merda! (exclamation of dismay) · nl smeerlap! (exclamation of dismay) · fi hitto (exclamation of dismay) · id bajingan (exclamation of dismay) · fr enculé (exclamation of dismay) · pt bosta! (exclamation of dismay) · id keparat (exclamation of dismay)

bastard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæs.tæd/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈbæs.tɚd/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɑːs.təd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• (UK) audio

Etymology

From Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Old English bastard (used as an epithet), from Anglo-Norman bastard, Old French bastart (“illegitimate child”), perhaps via Medieval Latin bastardus, of obscure origin. Likely from Frankish *bāst (“marriage, relationship”) + Old French -ard, -art (pejorative suffix denoting a specific quality or condition). Frankish *bāst derives from a North Sea Germanic variety of Proto-Germanic *banstuz (“bond, connection, relationship, marriage with a second woman of lower status”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) and is related to West Frisian boaste (“marriage, matrimony”), Middle Dutch bast (“lust, heat”), and more distantly to English boose (“cow-stall”). The term probably originally referred to a child from a polygynous marriage of heathen Germanic custom — a practice not sanctioned by the Christian churches. Alternatively, and less likely, Old French bastart may have originated from the Old French term fils de bast (“packsaddle son”), meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (medieval saddles often doubled as beds while travelling). However chronology makes this difficult, as bastard is attested in Old French from 1089 (Middle Latin bastardus as early as 1010), yet Old French bast (modern French bât), though attested since 1130 with the meaning of "beast of burden", doesn't acquire the specific meaning of "packsaddle" until the 13c., making it too late to have given rise to the terms bastard and bastardus with this sense. The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic theory further above as being most likely.

Meanings

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
   • Jarrod: Who are you? Heath: Your father’s bastard son. 1965, The Big Valley:
2. (countable, uncountable) A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
3. (countable, derogatory, offensive, referring specifically to a man, uncountable, usually, vulgar) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
   • Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.
   • I assume that bastard won't be seen again.
   • “Oh my God, they killed Kenny!” “You bastards!” 1997, South Park television program
   • Don't be such a bastard already!
   • You sick bastard!
4. (countable, endearing, humorous, uncountable) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
   • Get over here, you old bastard!
   • funny bastard
   • lucky bastard
5. (countable, qualifier:often preceded by ‘poor’, uncountable) A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
   • These poor bastards started out life probably in bad or broken homes.
   • Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him.
6. (countable, informal, uncountable) A child who does not know their father.
7. (countable, informal, uncountable) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
   • Life can be a real bastard.
8. (countable, uncountable) A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
   • The architecture was a kind of bastard, suggesting Gothic but not being true Gothic.
   • There were also made good and politic laws that parliament, against usury, which is the bastard use of money... 1622, Francis Bacon, Bacon's History of the Reign of King Henry VII, Cambridge University Press, published 1902, page 62:
9. (countable, uncountable) A bastard file.
10. (countable, uncountable) A kind of sweet wine.
    • […] we ſhall haue all the world drinke browne & white baſtard. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 72, column 2:
11. (countable, uncountable) A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
12. (countable, uncountable) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
13. (countable, uncountable) A large mould for straining sugar.
14. (countable, uncountable) A writing paper of a particular size.
15. (UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
    • One “bastard,” the Minister for Wales, John Redwood (who mounted an unsuccessful campaign to displace the Tory chief, John Major), was removed in a Cabinet reshuffle; but was his young successor William Hague any more reliable? 2014, Melvin J. Lasky, Profanity, Obscenity and the Media, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN:
    • If you are a politician, you make sure that you know all such references in case an interviewer suddenly asks, 'Are you one of the bastards in Mr Major's cabinet?' 2000, Peter Hobday, Managing the message, Allison & Busby:
    • But there is no doubt that the “bastards,” who had tormented so many Tory leaders over the years, had won. The longed-for break with “Europe” had finally come, but at the same price that Americans paid for Trump's takeover of the Republican Party. 2020 September 3, Ian Buruma, The Churchill Complex: The Rise and Fall of the Special Relationship from Winston and FDR to Trump and Johnson, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
    • In the UK, Conservative Maastricht rebels (the 'bastards') almost brought down Conservative Prime Minister John Major's government. 2014 September 23, Stanley Johnson, Stanley, I Resume: Further recollections of an exuberant life, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
    • While John Major managed to get the Maastricht Treaty through parliament, despite the efforts of the “bastards” in his cabinet, the 2001 Conservative General Election campaign was fought on entirely eurosceptic lines. 2011, Duncan Hall, A2 Government and Politics: Ideologies and Ideologies in Action, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 62:

Forms

Antonyms

legitimate

Coordinates

bastardess (illegitimate child)

Deriveds

bastardless (single words) · bastard agrimony (multiword) · bastard jarrah (multiword) · bastard sword (multiword) · bastard title (multiword) · brown bastard (multiword) · bastard coolibah (multiword) · bastard saffron (multiword) · bastardy (single words) · Rhineland bastard (multiword) · bastard tamarind (multiword) · bastard strangles (multiword) · bastardisation (single words) · bastard gemsbok (multiword) · bastard wing (multiword) · bastard dory (multiword) · bastard big-footed mouse (multiword) · bastardling (single words) · bastard file (multiword) · bastard eigne (multiword) · bastardish (single words) · bastard pellitory (multiword) · bastard umbrella thorn (multiword) · bastard sage (multiword) · bastard verdict (multiword) · rat bastard (multiword) · bastard rocket (multiword) · bastard sandalwood (multiword) · bastard speedwell (multiword) · bastard grass (multiword) · bastard hemp (multiword) · bastarditis (single words) · bastard eel (multiword) · bastard yellowwood (multiword) · bastich (single words) · bastard turtle (multiword) · /b/tard (single words) · bastardry (single words) · bastard pop (multiword) · bastardize (single words) · bastard oak (multiword) · bastard sole (multiword) · bastard mahogany (multiword) · bastard operator from hell (multiword) · bastard bully tree (multiword) · bastard cabbage (multiword) · bastard teak (multiword) · bastard ashlar (multiword) · bastard cabbage tree (multiword) · bastard viol (multiword) · bastard pimpernel (multiword) · bastard type (multiword) · bastard sturgeon (multiword) · bastard horn snake (multiword) · bastardous (single words) · bastardism (single words) · bastard hogberry (multiword) · abastard (single words) · bastard-dom (multiword) · bastardhood (single words) · bastard camphor tree (multiword) · bastard mulga (multiword) · bastard quiver tree (multiword) · bastard trumpeter (multiword) · bastardization (single words) · bastard toadflax (multiword) · bastard hartebeest (multiword) · bastard myrobalan (multiword) · bastard pennyroyal (multiword) · bastard senna (multiword) · rat-bastard (multiword) · bastardness (single words) · bastard sugar (multiword) · bastard rattlesnake (multiword) · bastardise (single words) · bastard gumwood (multiword) · bastard myall (multiword) · bastard halibut (multiword) · bastardly (single words) · bastardlike (single words) · bastard ironwood (multiword) · bastard bar (multiword) · bastard alkanet (multiword) · bastard fox (multiword) · bastard manchineel (multiword) · bastard cedar (multiword) · bastage (single words) · bastard white oak (multiword) · bastardship (single words) · bastardo (single words) · bastard indigo (multiword) · bastard tallow-wood (multiword) · bastard craps (multiword)

Descendants

bastet

Hypernyms

person · child

Hyponyms

Abishag · filius populi · filia populae · son of a whore

Relateds

born in the vestry · bar sinister · bend sinister · jerk · adulterine · git · baton sinister

Synonyms

shitmuncher · bastard · piece of work · douche nozzle · slimebucket · asshat · pushead · tosspot · buttmunch · dickshit · scuzzoid · cuntard · penishead · knob-gobbler · fuckbag · shitcock · cuntbitch · assmuncher · pile of shit · bitch · dickstain · cuntlicker · prickwad · jagweed · cuntbreath · cockmunch · douche boat · buttmuncher · dickwad · haramzada · cuntbag · carrion · wankhead · cuntface · douchebag · dickster · fuckball · fuckass · shitbird · weasel · snotwad · nark · fuckchop · douchebag · dicknose · cuntass · buttmunch · piece of garbage · fuckoid · asshat · cum guzzler · jackass · paddock · shitstain · shitguzzler · mamzer · louse · scumbug · berk · cullion · cuntsucker · shitbiscuit · cunthead · turdball · fucker · fuckweasel · asscunt · fucknose · sleazebag · swine · fuckshit · cuntrag · pile of crap · swine · tosser · dickhead · sack of shit · dirthead · dickslap · cocksack · cuntwipe · scum · wankpuffin · fuckwit · shitgibbon · jerkball · bastard · scumbutt · turdhead · cocklicker · jackoff · cuntbiscuit · shitehawk · piece of junk · fucknozzle · bitchface · hosebag · cockwaffle · son of a gun · fag · shithead · loser · pig · jerko · pigfucker · cuntweasel · shitbreath · scunge · dick munch · slimewad · ballsucker · fucklord · dickbiscuit · fucktard · scumbreath · fuckbucket · love child · dirtwad · shitwaffle · assmunch · assbucket · cuntwaffle · thundercunt · fuckhead · cockface · dick · cockweasel · assfucker · blackguard · cuntwad · whoreson · dick muncher · crud · git · pisshead · son of a bitch · scut · dipshit · assmonkey · jerk · dipshit · shitlicker · scuzzball · cocksucker · dickfuck · wankfart · twattock · cockbag · shiteater · schmuck · assface · sewer rat · shitlord · scumbag · cowson · shitrag · dickbucket · scumhole · cock gobbler · asshole · shitheap · cuntmuffin · slimehole · arsehole · dirtbag · cockmonger · pissbag · son of a bitch · cuntweed · sleaze · cumbucket · dicklicker · nutsack · cockshit · jackass · fuckmitten · stinker · fruit of adultery · shitdick · dicksneeze · ratfink · fuckstain · shitbag · cunt muncher · douchelord · nullius filius · shitneck · scuzz · vonce · cockhead · queef · cockfucker · dicktard · dickwipe · bitchcunt · cumstain · hilding · scumlord · shitcunt · jerk · piece of crap · shit · assmouth · shitheel · fuckmuffin · wanker · cuntstain · dickface · jagoff · slink · douchewagon · fuckrod · shitpot · asswipe · buttface · batchelor's son · cockwad · barf bag · whoreson · shitface · dicksack · sleazewad · shithook · fuckskull · assfaggot · cuntfuck · pukestain · fuckhead · dickfucker · ball sack · shitnugget · heel · fuckstick · sleazehole · misbegotten · dicknut · cock-knocker · dillweed · undesirable · scuzzbucket · piece of trash · arsehole · sleazeball · yutz · cuntshit · slag · shitfuck · cuntwhacker · bitchwhore · blackguard · douchewad · skate · lowlife · chunk-blower · mahfugga · natural child · fuckster · shitwad · turdbreath · meanie · shitbird · cunt · douche · fuckface · cuntbucket · buttlicker · assweed · born in the vestry · craphead · slimeface · sheep-biter · bastid · jizzbag · cockatrice · insect · snotball · earthworm · tool · shitbucket · snotrag · cockfuck · shitweed · douche · ass · shitgoblin · fuckwaffle · dicksucker · snothead · scrub · prickface · prick · dickbag · dickwad · crapface · choad · sleazebucket · by-blow · assbag · douchewagon · assface · bantling · cocksucker · paskudnyak · shitball · snotface · shitpiss · jerkweed · dickbreath · raasclaat · jitbag · bastard · bitchfuck · assfuck · asshead · pukeball · dick · shitsack · dickweasel · shitbeast · jerkoff · fribble · wankstain · butthead · shitass · git · cockmuncher · turdface · wet wipe · illegitimate · bag of dicks · copy · squib · shitweasel · prick · shitnuts · cockfag · pisspot · jerkwad · degenerate · fuckface · asshole · asswipe · doucheburger · assfag · pigwidgeon · faggotface · dickass · shitface · schmuck · wankface · cuntlapper · pusbag · piece of shit · motherfucker · faggot · cumrag · asschunk · scoundrel · asshole · scumfuck · fuckweed · douchecanoe · shitfucker · scumhead · mongrel · cockbreath · fucker · love child · douchecanoe · dipfuck · illegitimate · chunderhead · cockhead · cunt · pissface · scumface · shithead · dickweed · assbreath · cockwipe · dickhead · sourhead · fucktard · fuck · asswagon · blaggard · prickhead · knob polisher · son of a whore · dickweed · pussybreath · cuntfucker · worm · snotbag · bastardling · outside child · wankpuffin · fuckstain · cocksuck · fucktrumpet · asstard

Translations (380)

ru подо́нок (contemptible etc. person) · fr croisé (mongrel) · da uægte barn (person born to unmarried parents) · et ristsugutis (mongrel) · el νόθο (informal: child that does not know their father) · fi avioton lapsi (person born to unmarried parents) · grc μαστιγίας (contemptible etc. person) · rup cochil (person born to unmarried parents) · ro hibrid (mongrel) · el μπάσταρδος (contemptible etc. person) · es tipejo (contemptible etc. person) · nn bastard (mongrel) · cmn 杂种 (mongrel) · pt bastardo (informal: child that does not know their father) · ru пиздец (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) · ur حرامزادہ (person born to unmarried parents) · ps ارامي (person born to unmarried parents) · da skiderik (contemptible etc. person) · it bastardo (humorously: man, fellow) · la nothus (person born to unmarried parents) · fi jäljitelmä (variation that is not genuine) · nl bastaard (informal: child that does not know their father) · sh gnjȉda (contemptible etc. person) · ru вы́блядок (person born to unmarried parents) · nl buitenechtelijk kind (informal: child that does not know their father) · fi kiusankappale (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) · nl vervalsing (variation that is not genuine) · mi raparere (person born to unmarried parents) · cs levoboček (person born to unmarried parents) · cmn 私生兒 /私生儿 (person born to unmarried parents) · ko 놈 (humorously: man, fellow) · et jobu (contemptible etc. person) · uz haromzoda (person born to unmarried parents) · nrf êfant d'galiotage (person born to unmarried parents) · sv horunge (person born to unmarried parents) · hu pofa (humorously: man, fellow) · sv bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · de Bastard (humorously: man, fellow) · be баста́рд (person born to unmarried parents) · hu seggfej (contemptible etc. person) · pl krzyżówka (mongrel) · hu rohadék (contemptible etc. person) · sa प्रसृतजः (contemptible etc. person) · pl bydlę (contemptible etc. person) · uk ублю́док (contemptible etc. person) · ru баста́рд (person born to unmarried parents) · fa ویج (person born to unmarried parents) · ca fill de puta (contemptible etc. person) · uk баста́рд (person born to unmarried parents) · sv oäkting (person born to unmarried parents) · pl gadzina (contemptible etc. person) · nl rotding (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) · et sohilaps (person born to unmarried parents) · izh lehtolaps (person born to unmarried parents) · mk копиле (person born to unmarried parents) · yi ממזרת (person born to unmarried parents) · ar بِنْت زِنًى (person born to unmarried parents) · pl bydlak (contemptible etc. person) · id bastar (mongrel) · ko 개자식 (contemptible etc. person) · km អត់ពូជ (contemptible etc. person) · ru гнида (contemptible etc. person) · mi tīraumoko (person born to unmarried parents) · ru жопа (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) · sh mješánac (mongrel) · es bastarda (person born to unmarried parents) · id keparat (contemptible etc. person) · gl mestizo (mongrel) · nl voorvijl (intermediate-grade steel file) · fr bâtard (mongrel) · tg ҳаромзода (person born to unmarried parents) · ro haimanale (contemptible etc. person) · el μπάσταρδος (mongrel) · yi בן זונה (person born to unmarried parents) · sh меша́нац (mongrel) · hu fattyú (person born to unmarried parents) · ja やつ (contemptible etc. person) · ko 새끼 (contemptible etc. person) · te జారజుడు (person born to unmarried parents) · ckb زۆڵ (person born to unmarried parents) · nl mormel (mongrel) · sh bìtānga (contemptible etc. person) · tl anak sa labas (person born to unmarried parents) · ko 서자 (person born to unmarried parents) · de Kegel (person born to unmarried parents) · ru су́ка (contemptible etc. person) · sq kopil (person born to unmarried parents) · eo bastardo (person born to unmarried parents) · ca bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · pl padalec (contemptible etc. person) · tr piç (contemptible etc. person) · pl mieszaniec (mongrel) · ru вы́родок (contemptible etc. person) · mk мелез (mongrel) · ary ولد الحرام (person born to unmarried parents) · it bastardo (person born to unmarried parents) · nl straathond (mongrel) · nl hoerenjong (contemptible etc. person) · pt mestiço (mongrel) · sh gàdura (contemptible etc. person) · fr salopard (contemptible etc. person) · wa baståde (person born to unmarried parents) · sh gȁd (contemptible etc. person) · et raibe (humorously: man, fellow) · ar اِبْنَة زِنًى (person born to unmarried parents) · hu faszfej (contemptible etc. person) · la irrumātor (contemptible etc. person) · nb bastard (mongrel) · es bastardo (person born to unmarried parents) · ro bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · ary ولد حرام (person born to unmarried parents) · pt filho da mãe (contemptible etc. person) · he מַמְזֶרֶת (person born to unmarried parents) · pt filho da puta (contemptible etc. person) · nv yátashkiʼ (person born to unmarried parents) · pl cham (contemptible etc. person) · ro haimana (contemptible etc. person) · yi סוואָלאָטש (contemptible etc. person) · cy bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · pl skurkowaniec (contemptible etc. person) · ca bastard (mongrel) · ru су́кин сын (contemptible etc. person) · sh мјеша́нац (mongrel) · it bastarda (person born to unmarried parents) · nb lausunge (person born to unmarried parents) · ca bord (mongrel) · sv skitstövel (contemptible etc. person) · ja 私生児 (person born to unmarried parents) · pl śmieć (contemptible etc. person) · it brutta bestia (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) · nn skittsekk (contemptible etc. person) · pt bastardo (person born to unmarried parents) · mk копиле (contemptible etc. person) · sh ко̏пиле (person born to unmarried parents) · he בֶּן זוֹנָה (person born to unmarried parents) · mk бита́нга (contemptible etc. person) · nl onecht kind (person born to unmarried parents) · pl bastard (mongrel) · izh lentävälaps (person born to unmarried parents) · pl podlec (contemptible etc. person) · bg копеле (informal: child that does not know their father) · fr enculé (humorously: man, fellow) · bg ко́пеле (contemptible etc. person) · nn bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · hy բիճ (person born to unmarried parents) · wa baståd (informal: child that does not know their father) · pl drań (contemptible etc. person) · el μπάσταρδο (person born to unmarried parents) · mi pokokōhua (contemptible etc. person) · hu mocsok (contemptible etc. person) · et värdjas (contemptible etc. person) · sh га̏д (contemptible etc. person) · fi paskiainen (contemptible etc. person) · fr salopard (humorously: man, fellow) · ms anjing (contemptible etc. person) · ja 庶子 (person born to unmarried parents) · sh mešánac (mongrel) · nn lausunge (person born to unmarried parents) · ar اِبْن زِنًى (person born to unmarried parents) · nl nep (variation that is not genuine) · ms babi (contemptible etc. person) · id bangsat (contemptible etc. person) · ca fill de puta (humorously: man, fellow) · es cabrón (contemptible etc. person) · nv wótashkiʼ (person born to unmarried parents) · id hina dina (contemptible etc. person) · mk лангач (mongrel) · ru ублю́док (informal: child that does not know their father) · fr enfoiré (humorously: man, fellow) · nn skitsekk (contemptible etc. person) · mi meamea (person born to unmarried parents) · sh копѝла̄н (person born to unmarried parents) · fr saloperie (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) · uk незаконнонаро́джений (person born to unmarried parents) · fi paskiainen (humorously: man, fellow) · gl bastardo (mongrel) · id anak zina (person born to unmarried parents) · tr melez (mongrel) · nl bastaard (contemptible etc. person) · nl kreng (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) · ru сво́лочь (contemptible etc. person) · gl bastardo (variation that is not genuine) · eo ulaĉo (contemptible etc. person) · fi keskikarkea viila (intermediate-grade steel file) · sh гњи̏да (contemptible etc. person) · fi mulkku (contemptible etc. person) · pl nędznik (contemptible etc. person) · pl gnida (contemptible etc. person) · tr piç (person born to unmarried parents) · sh га̀дура (contemptible etc. person) · nb drittsekk (contemptible etc. person) · et feik (variation that is not genuine) · hu szemét (alak) (contemptible etc. person) · pl skurwiel (contemptible etc. person) · pt bastarda (person born to unmarried parents) · pl bękart (person born to unmarried parents) · pl skurczybyk (contemptible etc. person) · ru мерза́вец (contemptible etc. person) · sh kȍpile (informal: child that does not know their father) · yi ממזר (person born to unmarried parents) · nl buitenechtelijk kind (person born to unmarried parents) · de Bankert (person born to unmarried parents) · sh pròbisvijēt (contemptible etc. person) · hi हरामज़ादा (person born to unmarried parents) · ro handicapat (contemptible etc. person) · izh hooranlaps (person born to unmarried parents) · pt sacana (contemptible etc. person) · ru байстрю́к (person born to unmarried parents) · mi pōkōtiwha (contemptible etc. person) · ru незако́нный ребёнок (person born to unmarried parents) · nl bastaard (person born to unmarried parents) · fa روسپیزاده (person born to unmarried parents) · fr salaud (contemptible etc. person) · gl forniciño (person born to unmarried parents) · yi בת זונה (person born to unmarried parents) · nl onwettig kind (person born to unmarried parents) · fi äpärä (person born to unmarried parents) · wa baståde (informal: child that does not know their father) · nn dritsekk (contemptible etc. person) · ru урод (contemptible etc. person) · he בַּת זוֹנָה (person born to unmarried parents) · nrf bâtard (person born to unmarried parents) · fi au-lapsi (person born to unmarried parents) · fa حرامزاده (person born to unmarried parents) · ms pukimak (contemptible etc. person) · ajp ابن حرام (person born to unmarried parents) · ps حرامي (person born to unmarried parents) · da røvhul (contemptible etc. person) · sh ко̏пиле (informal: child that does not know their father) · ro bastard (contemptible etc. person) · hu ürge (humorously: man, fellow) · he בֶּן זְנוּנִים (person born to unmarried parents) · pl psubrat (contemptible etc. person) · mk шкарт (variation that is not genuine) · az haramzadə (person born to unmarried parents) · mi pōriro (person born to unmarried parents) · ca bastard (informal: child that does not know their father) · fi sekasikiö (variation that is not genuine) · tr piç (informal: child that does not know their father) · ca bord (informal: child that does not know their father) · cs nemanželské dítě (person born to unmarried parents) · pl świnia (contemptible etc. person) · fi sekasikiö (mongrel) · nl rotzak (contemptible etc. person) · el καθίκι (contemptible etc. person) · th ลูกนอกสมรส (person born to unmarried parents) · de Bastard (contemptible etc. person) · pl gad (contemptible etc. person) · ko 사생아 (person born to unmarried parents) · nn kjøter (mongrel) · bg незаконнороде́н (person born to unmarried parents) · hu keverék (mongrel) · ru гад (contemptible etc. person) · bg извънбра́чен (person born to unmarried parents) · es bastardo (informal: child that does not know their father) · nl hufter (contemptible etc. person) · mi raukena (informal: child that does not know their father) · hu faszi (humorously: man, fellow) · be байстру́к (person born to unmarried parents) · sq pisputh (person born to unmarried parents) · de Arsch (contemptible etc. person) · fi roisto (contemptible etc. person) · sh бѝта̄нга (contemptible etc. person) · nl onwettig kind (informal: child that does not know their father) · sa बन्धुल (contemptible etc. person) · eo bastardino (person born to unmarried parents) · fo leysingabarn (person born to unmarried parents) · ro corcitură (mongrel) · la bastardus (person born to unmarried parents) · pl szmaciarz (contemptible etc. person) · mk копиле (informal: child that does not know their father) · pl szuja (contemptible etc. person) · de Hurensohn (contemptible etc. person) · ru негодя́й (contemptible etc. person) · ca bord (person born to unmarried parents) · it bastardo (contemptible etc. person) · it figlio di puttana (contemptible etc. person) · nb bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · nl onecht kind (informal: child that does not know their father) · ceb anak sa gawas (person born to unmarried parents) · el μιξογενής (mongrel) · id blasteran (mongrel) · sh kopìlān (person born to unmarried parents) · nl klootzak (contemptible etc. person) · fr saleté (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) · da bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · mk кучкин син (contemptible etc. person) · sq kopile (person born to unmarried parents) · fi lehtolapsi (person born to unmarried parents) · vi chó chết (contemptible etc. person) · he בַּת זְנוּנִים (person born to unmarried parents) · hu utánzat (variation that is not genuine) · pl skurwysyn (contemptible etc. person) · la spurius (person born to unmarried parents) · uk байстрю́к (person born to unmarried parents) · pl wypierdek (contemptible etc. person) · gl fillo de gaaza (person born to unmarried parents) · de Mistkerl (contemptible etc. person) · ro bastard (informal: child that does not know their father) · cmn 庶子 (person born to unmarried parents) · jv bajingan (contemptible etc. person) · pl bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · el εξώγαμο (person born to unmarried parents) · ru внебра́чный ребёнок (person born to unmarried parents) · fr enfoiré (contemptible etc. person) · gl noto (person born to unmarried parents) · ilo anak ti ruar (person born to unmarried parents) · ary بنت لحرام (informal: child that does not know their father) · da horeunge (person born to unmarried parents) · et jobu (humorously: man, fellow) · el παλιόφιλος (humorously: man, fellow) · ja 野郎 (contemptible etc. person) · hu korcs (mongrel) · pl łachudra (contemptible etc. person) · nb kjøter (mongrel) · fi jätkä (humorously: man, fellow) · fr bâtard (informal: child that does not know their father) · be банка́рт (person born to unmarried parents) · grc νόθος (person born to unmarried parents) · sv jävel (humorously: man, fellow) · fi kusipää (contemptible etc. person) · he מַמְזֵר (person born to unmarried parents) · sh про̀бисвије̄т (contemptible etc. person) · pl sukinsyn (contemptible etc. person) · et tõbras (contemptible etc. person) · pl menda (contemptible etc. person) · ka ნაბიჭვარი (person born to unmarried parents) · ja 私生子 (person born to unmarried parents) · hu szemétláda (contemptible etc. person) · ckb بیژوو (person born to unmarried parents) · cmn 私生子 (person born to unmarried parents) · tr piç (mongrel) · fi ristisiitos (mongrel) · nl bastaardvijl (intermediate-grade steel file) · de Bastardin (person born to unmarried parents) · ru ублю́док (contemptible etc. person) · ru ублю́док (person born to unmarried parents) · ms bangsat (contemptible etc. person) · es desgraciado (contemptible etc. person) · ary بنت الحرام (person born to unmarried parents) · sh kȍpile (person born to unmarried parents) · ga bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · sl pankrt (person born to unmarried parents) · sv skit (humorously: man, fellow) · pl szmata (contemptible etc. person) · sv sate (humorously: man, fellow) · fr bâtard (person born to unmarried parents) · pt desgraçado (contemptible etc. person) · fi äpärä (informal: child that does not know their father) · cmn 王八蛋 (contemptible etc. person) · pl zgniłek (contemptible etc. person) · ko 사생자 (person born to unmarried parents) · bcl aki sa luwas (person born to unmarried parents) · dsb pśeměńk (person born to unmarried parents) · ru незаконноро́жденный (person born to unmarried parents) · ru мети́с (mongrel) · id anak haram (person born to unmarried parents) · nb løsunge (person born to unmarried parents) · ro bastardă (person born to unmarried parents) · wa baståd (person born to unmarried parents) · ko 녀석 (contemptible etc. person) · ca bastard (variation that is not genuine) · de Bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · nrf bâtard (mongrel) · fr bâtarde (person born to unmarried parents) · fr fils de pute (contemptible etc. person) · ja あいつ (contemptible etc. person) · pl sukinkot (contemptible etc. person) · fa مول (person born to unmarried parents) · ary ولد لحرام (informal: child that does not know their father) · ka ტრიკი (person born to unmarried parents) · gl bastardo (person born to unmarried parents) · el μπασταρδεμένος (variation that is not genuine) · hu fickó (humorously: man, fellow) · es hijo de puta (contemptible etc. person) · cs bastard (person born to unmarried parents) · tr piç (humorously: man, fellow) · io bastardo (person born to unmarried parents) · bg ме́лез (mongrel) · hil anak sa luwas (person born to unmarried parents)

bastard en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæs.tæd/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈbæs.tɚd/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɑːs.təd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Old English bastard (used as an epithet), from Anglo-Norman bastard, Old French bastart (“illegitimate child”), perhaps via Medieval Latin bastardus, of obscure origin. Likely from Frankish *bāst (“marriage, relationship”) + Old French -ard, -art (pejorative suffix denoting a specific quality or condition). Frankish *bāst derives from a North Sea Germanic variety of Proto-Germanic *banstuz (“bond, connection, relationship, marriage with a second woman of lower status”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) and is related to West Frisian boaste (“marriage, matrimony”), Middle Dutch bast (“lust, heat”), and more distantly to English boose (“cow-stall”). The term probably originally referred to a child from a polygynous marriage of heathen Germanic custom — a practice not sanctioned by the Christian churches. Alternatively, and less likely, Old French bastart may have originated from the Old French term fils de bast (“packsaddle son”), meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (medieval saddles often doubled as beds while travelling). However chronology makes this difficult, as bastard is attested in Old French from 1089 (Middle Latin bastardus as early as 1010), yet Old French bast (modern French bât), though attested since 1130 with the meaning of "beast of burden", doesn't acquire the specific meaning of "packsaddle" until the 13c., making it too late to have given rise to the terms bastard and bastardus with this sense. The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic theory further above as being most likely.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To bastardize.
   • After her husband's death she was matter of tragedy , having lived to see her brother beheaded , and her two sons deposed from the crown , bastarded in their blood 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:

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