couard

kwaʁ

Definition

Definition of couard - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

lâche

Dated

qui manque de courage face au danger ou aux difficultés

Dated

Il s'est montré couard pendant le combat.

lâche

poltron

Noun, masculine

lâcheté

Dated

personne qui manque de courage et fuit le danger

Dated

Ce couard a abandonné ses amis dans la bataille.

lâche

poltron

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Origin of couard

français, couard (peureux)

Examples of couard in a sentence

Ils ont été traités de couards après avoir fui.
Un couard préfère fuir plutôt que d'affronter ses peurs.
Les couards évitent toujours les situations risquées.

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English:cowardly, coward, ...
German:feige, Feigling, ...
Italian:codardo, vigliacco, ...
Spanish:cobarde, ...
Portuguese:covarde, cobarde, ...
Chinese:胆小的, 懦夫, ...
Japanese:臆病な, 臆病者, ...
Arabic:جبان, رعديد, ...
Hebrew:פַּחְדָן, ...
Russian:трусливый, трус, ...
Ukrainian:боягузливий, боягуз, ...
Catalan:covard, ...
Danish:fej, kujon, ...
Dutch:laf, bangerik, ...
Greek:δειλός, φοβητσιάρης, ...
Khmer:កំសាក, មនុស្សកំសាក, ...
Korean:비겁한, 겁쟁이, ...
Polish:tchórzliwy, tchórz, ...
Portuguese (BR):covarde, ...
Romanian:laș, ...
Swedish:feg, fegis, ...
Thai:ขี้ขลาด, คนขี้ขลาด, ...
Turkish:korkak, ödlek, ...
Vietnamese:nhát gan, kẻ hèn nhát, ...

couarde

kuwaʁd

couards

Definition of couarde - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective, feminine

peur

Rare

qui manque de courage face au danger

Rare

Elle était trop couarde pour affronter son adversaire.

lâche

peureuse

Noun, feminine

peur

Rare

femme qui fuit le danger et n’ose pas agir

Rare

Cette couarde refuse d’affronter le problème.

lâche

peureuse

poltronne

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Origin of couarde

latin, cauda (queue) + suffixe -arde (péjoratif)

Examples of couarde in a sentence

Il a eu une réaction couarde face au danger.
On l’a traitée de couarde lorsqu’elle a abandonné ses camarades.
La couarde du groupe s’est cachée derrière les autres au premier danger.

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English:cowardly, cowardly woman, ...
German:feige, feige Frau, ...
Italian:codarda, ...
Spanish:cobarde, ...
Portuguese:cobarde, medrosa, ...
Chinese:胆怯的, 懦弱女子, ...
Japanese:臆病な, 臆病な女性, ...
Arabic:جبان, جَبَّانَة, ...
Hebrew:פַּחְדָנִית, פַּחְדָנִית, ...
Russian:трусливый, трусиха, ...
Ukrainian:боягузливий, боягузка, ...
Catalan:covarda, ...
Danish:fej, kujon, ...
Dutch:bangerik, laffe vrouw, ...
Greek:δειλός, δειλή, ...
Khmer:កំសាក, មនុស្សកំសាក, ...
Korean:겁이 많은, 겁많은 여자, ...
Polish:tchórzliwa, tchórzliwa kobieta, ...
Portuguese (BR):covarde, mulher covarde, ...
Romanian:fricos, lașă, ...
Swedish:feg, fegis, ...
Thai:ขี้ขลาด, ผู้หญิงขี้ขลาด, ...
Turkish:korkak, korkak kadın, ...
Vietnamese:nhát gan, người hèn nhát, ...

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Definition of couard - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

Noun, masculine

Origin of couard

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Examples of couard in a sentence

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Definition of couarde - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective, feminine

Noun, feminine

Origin of couarde

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Examples of couarde in a sentence

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