bastard

(băs'tərd)

1. A child born out of wedlock.
2. Something that is of irregular, inferior, or dubious origin.
3. Slang. A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.

1. Born of unwed parents; illegitimate.
2. Not genuine; spurious: a bastard style of architecture.
3. Resembling a known kind or species but not truly such.

[Middle English, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin, akin to Old Frisian bōst, marriage.]

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adjective

Born to parents who are not married to each other: baseborn, illegitimate, misbegotten, natural, spurious, unlawful. See kin, law.

Definition: illegitimate
Antonyms: claimed, genuine, legitimate

n

Definition: illegitimate male
Antonyms: legitimate

A nonstandard item; one of irregular or abnormal size or shape or of inferior quality.

A sweet wine of uncertain origin that was popular in England during the sixteenth century. It's thought to have come from either Spain, Portugal, or the Portuguese island of madeira. The wine is said to have been made from the Bastardo grape (hence the name), which is still grown in parts of Portugal.

• Pregnancy and Birth - bastard: illegitimate child
• Curses and Oaths
• Behavior or Personality

Dansk (Danish)
n. - barn født uden for ægteskab
adj. - uægteskabelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
bastaard, smeerlap, moeilijke taak, niet officieel, onecht (kind)

Français (French)
n. - bâtard, enfant naturel, salaud (péj, fam)
adj. - naturel, bâtard, corrompu, abâtardi (une langue), (Imprim) d'un autre ¯il (caractère d'imprimerie)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schweinehund, Bastard, uneheliches Kind
adj. - natürlich, Bastard..., (fig) falsch, unecht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νόθος, μπάσταρδος, παλιοτόμαρο

Italiano (Italian)
mascalzone, bastardo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bastardo (m), canalha (m), coisa (f) inferior

Русский (Russian)
мерзавец, незаконнорожденный ребенок

Español (Spanish)
n. - cabrón, canalla, hijo ilegítimo
adj. - bastardo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utomäktenskapligt barn, oäkta barn, knöl, skitstövel, fanskap, bastard, halvblod

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
非婚生子, 假冒品, 非婚生子女, 私生的, 不合标准的, 不纯的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 非婚生子, 假冒品, 非婚生子女
adj. - 私生的, 不合標準的, 不純的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사생아, 가짜, 놈
adj. - 사생의, 가짜의, 비정상적인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 私生児, 庶子, 私生子, にせもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ابن زنا, نغل, غير شرعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ממזר, נבזה (מדוברת), משימה קשה (מדוברת), בן-כלאיים‬
adj. - ‮ממזר, נבזה (מדוברת), מזוייף, (שפה) משובשת‬

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