bardache

French

Etymology

Earlier bredaiche, borrowed from Italian bardassa, from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baʁ.daʃ/
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Noun

bardache m (plural bardaches)

(dated) berdache (third-gender Native (North) American)
(obsolete) passive homosexual
Synonym: giton

Descendants

→ English: bardash, berdache
→ Portuguese: berdache

Further reading

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

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