harpoen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch arpoen, from Old French harpon (“hook, hold-on”). Cognate with English harpoon, German Harpune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑrˈpun/

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• Hyphenation: har‧poen
• Rhymes: -un

Noun

harpoen m (plural harpoenen, diminutive harpoentje n)

1. a harpoon, short spearlike weapon with a barbed head thrown at the target, of various sizes and types, e.g. used for whaling
2. some similar weapons
3. (heraldry) a figure representing a harpoon

Derived terms

• harpoenen
• harpoeneren
• harpoenijzer
• harpoenkanon
• harpoenkist
• harpoenreiger
• harpoenslot
• harpoenstok
• harpoenwerper
• vissersharpoen
• walrusharpoen
• walvisharpoen

Related terms

• harpoender
• harpoenier
• harpoenist

Descendants

• Negerhollands: harpoen
• → Lokono: harpona
• → Danish: harpun
• → German: Harpune
  • → Polish: harpun
  • → Russian: гарпу́н (garpún), гарпу́нъ (garpún) — pre-1918 spelling
    • → Ukrainian: гарпу́н (harpún)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hàrpūn
• → Norwegian Bokmål: harpun
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: harpun
• → Papiamentu: harpun, arpun
• → Swedish: harpun
  • → Finnish: harppuuna

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “harpoen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute