poisson

See also poison, and Poisson

French

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French, from an older form peis, from Latin piscis, see below.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pwa.sɔ̃/, SAMPA: /pwa.sO~/

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• Homophone: poissons

Noun

poisson m. (plural poissons)

1. fish (marine animal)

Derived terms

• empoissonner
• poisson blanc
• poisson d'avril
• poissonnerie
• poissonneux
• poissonnier

Anagrams

• poisons, posions

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Old French

Etymology

First attested as pescion in 980, from peis +‎ -on, peis being from Latin piscis. Peis probably evolved into pescion to avoid confusion with its homonym peis (“peace”).

Noun

poisson m. (oblique plural poissons, nominative singular poissons, nominative plural poisson)

1. fish

Descendants

• French: poisson

References

• "poisson" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).