plumard

French

Etymology

From plume +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ply.maʁ/

Noun

plumard m (plural plumards)

1. (colloquial) sack, bed

   Synonyms: lit, pieu

   • 2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard:

     Je ne sais pas pourquoi j’ai découpé ce tableau, La Pirogue, dans un magazine, pour l’afficher au-dessus de mon plumard. II m’obsède.

     I don't know why I cut that painting, The Pirogue, out of a magazine and stuck it above my bed. I'm obsessed with it.

Related terms

• plumarder

References

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