pichon
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Occitan pichon (“small, little”).
Noun
pichon m (plural pichons, feminine pichonne)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Picard pichon (“fish”).
Noun
pichon m (plural pichons)
Further reading
- “pichon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
pichon
- alternative form of pygeoun
Occitan
Alternative forms
- pichoun, pichó (Mistralian)
- pichòt, pitchoun
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin pitinnus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion”); see also English, Catalan and French petit.
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedoc): (file)
Adjective
pichon m (feminine singular pichona, masculine plural pichons, feminine plural pichonas)
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 746.
Picard
Etymology
From Old French poisson, poison, peisson. Compare French poisson, Norman païssaon, paîsson, peissoun.
Noun
pichon m
Descendants
- → French: pichon