pichon

See also: Pichon and pichón

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan pichon (“small, little”).

Noun

pichon m (plural pichons, feminine pichonne)

1. (Provence) small child

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Picard pichon (“fish”).

Noun

pichon m (plural pichons)

1. (Picardy) fish (animal, foodstuff)

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

pichon

1. Alternative form of pygeoun

Occitan

Alternative forms

• pichoun, pichó (Mistralian)
• pichòt, pitchoun

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin pitinnus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion”); see also English, Catalan and French petit.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pichon m (feminine singular pichona, masculine plural pichons, feminine plural pichonas)

1. small; little

   Synonym: petit

   Antonym: grand

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 746.

Picard

Etymology

From Old French poisson, poison, peisson. Compare French poisson, Norman païssaon, paîsson, peissoun.

Noun

pichon m

1. fish (creature)
2. fish (food)

Descendants

• → French: pichon