angon

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Byzantine Greek ἄγγων (ángōn, “prong, hook”); ultimately from Germanic origins.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡɒn/

Noun

angon (plural angons)

1. (historical) A type of javelin with a barbed tip, used by the Franks and the various Germanic tribes in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages.

Anagrams

• gonna

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/

Noun

angon m (plural angons)

1. (weaponry) angon
2. fishgig

Synonyms

• foëne (fishgig)

Further reading

• “angon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.