savon

See also: ṣavoñ and Savon

Esperanto

Noun

savon

1. accusative singular of savo

Finnish

Noun

savon

1. genitive singular of savo

Anagrams

• sovan, vason

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French savon, from Old French savon (“soap”), from Latin sāpōnem (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, strain, trickle”). Cognate with Old English sāpe (“soap”). More at soap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.vɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

• Audio; “un savon”:

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Hyphenation: sa‧von

Noun

savon m (plural savons)

1. soap

Derived terms

• caisse à savon
• herbe à savon
• mousse de savon
• passer un savon
• savonner
• savonnerie
• savonnette
• savonneux

Related terms

• saponaire
• saponification
• savonnière

Descendants

• → Hebrew: סבון (sabón)
• → Malagasy: savony
• → Koyraboro Senni: saafun
• → Vietnamese: xà phòng, xà bông
• → Tai Dam: ꪎꪱꪡ꫁ꪮꪉ
• → Wolof: saabu
• → Zarma: saafun

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• avons

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”).

Noun

savon m

1. soap

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to French savon, older *sapon, of West Germanic origin. More at soap.

Noun

savon

1. soap

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sëvōn.

Noun

savon

1. stream pool

Inflection

Odd, vv-v gradation
Nominative	savon
Genitive	savvuna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	savon	savvuna
Accusative	savvunav	savvunijt
Genitive	savvuna	savvunij
Illative	savvunij	savvunijda
Inessive	savvunin	savvunijn
Elative	savvunis	savvunijs
Comitative	savvunijn	savvunij
Abessive	savvunadagá savvunadagi	savvunijdagá savvunijdagi
Essive	savon savvunin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person savvunim savvunam savvunimme savvunimme 2nd person savvunit savvunat savvunihtte savvunihtte 3rd person savvunis savvuniska savvunisá

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norman

Etymology

From Old French savon (“soap”), from Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, strain, trickle”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

savon m (plural savons)

1. (Jersey) soap

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈvuŋ/

Noun

savon m

1. soap

Derived terms

• savonëtta