mouron

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *murāginem, related to Spanish murajes, Portuguese morugem, Galician muruxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʁɔ̃/

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Noun

mouron m (plural mourons)

1. scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)
2. Lysimachia tenella, syn. Anagallis tenella
3. Stellaria media
4. Veronica anagallis
5. Veronica anagalloides
6. Samolus valerandi
7. (slang) worries

   Te fais pas de mouron ― Do not worry

Derived terms

• mouron aquatique
• mouron blanc
• mouron bleu
• mouron délicat
• mouron des champs
• mouron des oiseaux
• mouron d’eau
• mouron rouge
• se faire du mouron

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: morrião

Further reading

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