arçon

See also: arcon, arcón, and arĉon

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *arcio (“saddlebow”), from Classical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arcus. Compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, Spanish arzón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.sɔ̃/

Noun

arçon m (plural arçons)

1. (horse riding) tree (wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle)

See also

• vider les arçons

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• caron, coran, Coran

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Old French

Alternative forms

• arçun

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *arcio, arcionem, from Classical Latin arcus.

Noun

arçon oblique singular, m (oblique plural arçons, nominative singular arçons, nominative plural arçon)

1. saddle

Descendants

• French: arçon
• Italian: arcione