gaillard
Syllable Decomposition
gaillardone cannot make it see gay and -ard, because it would be necessary to admit the interposition of an infix -ill-: gai-ill-ard. from a Gaulish radical gall-, "strong, strength" related to Breton galloud ("power"), to Welsh gallu ("power"), to Latin gallus ("Gaul", etymologically: "strong man"). for the evolution of the meaning of "strong" to "ribald, lewd", see Gaulish.
Definitions
Translations
german:frei
english:frisky
spanish:lozano
italian:gagliardo
portuguese:galhardo
See also
gaillarde (adj.) gaillardise (cn.) ragaillardir (v.) gaillardes (adj.) gaillardes (cn.) gaillards (adj.) gaillards (cn.) agaillardir (v.)