arçon

See also: arcon, arcón, and arĉon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *arciōnem (“saddlebow”), from Classical Latin arcus (“bow”). Compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, Spanish arzón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.sɔ̃/

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Noun

arçon m (plural arçons)

1. (horse riding) tree (wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle)

Derived terms

• cheval d’arçons
• vider les arçons
• désarçonner

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• caron, coran, Coran

Old French

Alternative forms

• archon
• arçun, arson, arsun, arçoun, arceon, arczoun, arzoun, arsçoun, arson

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *arciōnem, from Latin arcus (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /aɾˈt͡sun/, (northern) /aɾˈt͡ʃun/
• (late) IPA^(key): /aɾˈsun/, (northern) /aɾˈʃun/

Noun

arçon oblique singular, m (oblique plural arçons, nominative singular arçons, nominative plural arçon)

1. saddle

Descendants

• French: arçon
• Lorrain: ôchon
• Norman: arçoun
• Picard: archon
• → Middle English: arsoun, arson, arsone, arsun, harsun
  • English: arson (obsolete)

References

• arçun_1 on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*arcio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 99