chapon

See also: Chapon and Chapón

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chappon, from Old French chapon, chiapun, from Vulgar Latin *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare Catalan capó, English capon, Italian cappone, Occitan capon, Portuguese capão, Spanish capón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.pɔ̃/

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Homophone: Chapon

Noun

chapon m (plural chapons, feminine chaponne)

1. capon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof
2. (by extension) any castrated male fowl
3. a large crouton served in a lean soup
4. garlic bread

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

chapon

1. Alternative form of capoun

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French chapon.

Noun

chapon m (plural chapons)

1. (Jersey) capon