tison
See also: Tison
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French tisun, from Latin tītiōnem. Cognate with Spanish tizón and Catalan tió.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittison m (plural tisons)
- firebrand, ember (partially burnt piece of wood)
- 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “La Muse vénale”, in Les Fleurs du mal:
- Ô muse de mon cœur, amante des palais, / Auras-tu quand Janvier lâchera ses Borées, / Durant les noirs ennuis des neigeuses soirées, / Un tison pour chauffer tes deux pieds violets ?
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editFurther reading
edit- “tison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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