fardel
[ fahr-dl ]
/ ˈfɑr dl /
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noun Archaic.
a bundle; burden.
RELATED WORDS
transportation, shipping, carriage, consignment, shipment, payload, merchandise, load, lading, encumbrance, weight, wares, bulk, haul, conveyance, ballast, burden, contents, pack, tonnage
Nearby words
farcical, farcically, farcy, farcy bud, fard, fardels, fardel-bound, fare, fare stage, fare-beater, fare-thee-well
Origin of fardel
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Old Provençal, equivalent to fard(a) bundle (≪ Arabic fardah load) + -el < Latin -ellus; see -elle
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British Dictionary definitions for fardels
fardel
/ (ˈfɑːdəl) /
noun
archaic a bundle or burden
Word Origin for fardel
C13: from Old French farde, ultimately from Arabic fardah
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Word Origin and History for fardels
fardel
"bundle, burden," c.1300, from Old French fardel (13c., Modern French fardeau) "parcel, package, small pack," diminutive of farde, perhaps from Arabic fardah "package."
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Medicine definitions for fardels
fardel
[ fär-dĕl′ ]
n.
A measurement used in genetic counseling to determine the penalty incurred as a result of the occurrence of a genetic disease in an individual.
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