moignon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from the noun moing (“something crippled, mutilated”), of uncertain origin, possibly a pre-Roman substrate borrowing *munnio, *munno (“blunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ɲɔ̃/

Noun

moignon m (plural moignons)

1. stump (of limb)
2. stub (of tail)

Further reading

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