garçon

See also garcon

English

Alternative forms

• garcon

Etymology

From the French garçon (1788), from Old French garçun (“servant”, oblique case of gars), from Frankish *warkjon, *wrakjon (“servant, boy”, oblique case of *warkjo, *wrakjo), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”). Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko (“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio (“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wrecca (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wretch, wreak.

Noun

garçon (plural garçons)

1. A waiter (especially at a French restaurant).

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

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French

Pronunciation

• audio (un garçon)

  (file)

• IPA: /ɡaʁsɔ̃/

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French garçun (“servant”, oblique case of gars), from Frankish *warkjon, *wrakjon (“servant, boy”, oblique case of *warkjo, *wrakjo) from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”). Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko (“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio (“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wrecca (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wretch, wreak.

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

1. boy

   Il a deux garçons et une fille.

   He has two boys and a daughter.

2. waiter

   Garçon, l'addition s'il vous plait.

   Waiter, the bill please.

Derived terms

• garçonnet

See also

• fille
• fils

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From French garçon. Displaced native hardé.

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

1. boy

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Old French

Alternative forms

• garçun

Etymology

From Frankish, see above.

Noun

garçon m (oblique plural garçons, nominative singular gars, nominative plural garçon)

1. manservant

Synonyms

• vaslet

Descendants

• French: garçon