chapon

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See also: Chapon and Chapón

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French chappon, from Old French chapon, chiapun, from Vulgar Latin *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare Catalan capó, English capon, Italian cappone, Occitan capon, Portuguese capão, Spanish capón.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃa.pɔ̃/
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Homophone: Chapon

Noun

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chapon m (plural chapons, feminine chaponne)

  1. capon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof
  2. (by extension) any castrated male fowl
  3. a large crouton served in a lean soup
  4. garlic bread

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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chapon

  1. Alternative form of capoun

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chapon.

Noun

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chapon m (plural chapons)

  1. (Jersey) capon