Gascon

See also: gascon, gascón, and Gascón

English

Alternative forms

• Gascoigne [14th-19th c.]
• Gascoine [16th-17th c.]

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæskən/

Noun

Gascon (plural Gascons)

1. A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France. [from 14th c.]
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   • 1948, ‘The New Pictures’, Time, 1 Nov.:

     Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan as an irrepressible, tongue-in-cheek Gascon who is knee-deep in gory swordplay.

2. (obsolete) A braggart; a bully.

Translations

inhabitant

• Armenian: գասկոնցի (gaskoncʻi)
• Catalan: gascó (ca) m
• Esperanto: gaskono
• French: gascon (fr) m
• Galician: gascón m, gascoa f
• Italian: guascone m
• Occitan: gascon (oc) m
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• Polish: Gaskończyk (pl) m, Gaskon (pl), Gaskonka (pl) f
• Portuguese: gascão (pt) m
• Romanian: gascon m
• Spanish: gascón m

Adjective

Gascon (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Gascony.
2. (obsolete) braggart; swaggering

Translations

of or relating to Gascony

• Italian: guascone
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• Romanian: gascon

Proper noun

Gascon

1. The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.

Anagrams

• Cogans, congas

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French

Etymology

See gascon.

Noun

Gascon m (plural Gascons, feminine Gasconne)

1. Gascon person

Related terms

• Gascogne

Anagrams

• cognas, congas

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Gascón

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaskon/, [ˈɡaːs.kon]

Proper noun

Gascon

1. most associated with:
   • Chito Gascon, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights from 2016 to present

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gascon is the 702^nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 13,340 individuals.