arson
See also: ar son
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹsən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːsən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sən
Etymology 1 edit
From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.
Noun edit
arson (usually uncountable, plural arsons)
- The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
- 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Part two, p.34:
- Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
crime of setting a fire
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See also edit
Verb edit
arson (third-person singular simple present arsons, present participle arsoning, simple past and past participle arsoned)
- (transitive, chiefly India) To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English arsoun, from Old French arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciō (“saddlebow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”); compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, and Spanish arzón.
Noun edit
arson (plural arsons)
- (obsolete) A saddlebow.
- 1550, Edward Halle, “The xij. yere of King Henry the viij.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illuſtre Famelies of Lancaſtre and Yoꝛke[1], folio 78, recto:
- The kyng of Englande mounted on a freſhe courſer, the trapper of clothe of golde, of Tiſſue, the Arſon mantell wiſe […]
- 1598, John Florio, “Arcione”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:
- Arcione, the arſon or ſaddle bowe.
- 1634, Matheo Aleman, “Wherein Guzman de Alfarache relateth the Story of thoſe two Louers, Ozmin and Daraxa”, in Don Diego Puede-Ser, transl., The rogue: or The life of Guzman de Alfarache[2], volume 1, pages 68–69:
- […] And putting vp good ſtore of gold and Iewels for that iourney, and taking with him a good horſe, that was browne Bay, with a Petronell hanging at the arſon of his Saddle […]
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
arson
- Alternative form of arsoun
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French arçon.
Noun edit
arson m (plural arsons)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From the verb ardre, ardoir, from Latin ardeō.
Noun edit
arson oblique singular, m (oblique plural arsons, nominative singular arsons, nominative plural arson)