poisson

See also poison, and Poisson

French

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French, from an older form peis, from Latin piscis, see below. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pwa.sɔ̃/, X-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).