mouron
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *murāginem, related to Spanish murajes, Portuguese morugem, Galician muruxa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmouron m (plural mourons)
- scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)
- Lysimachia tenella, syn. Anagallis tenella
- Stellaria media
- Veronica anagallis
- Veronica anagalloides
- Samolus valerandi
- (slang) worries
- Te fais pas de mouron ― Do not worry
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Portuguese: morrião
Further reading
edit- “mouron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.