pichon

See also: Pichon and pichón

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan pichon (“small, little”).

Noun

pichon m (plural pichons, feminine pichonne)

  1. (Provence) small child

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Picard pichon (“fish”).

Noun

pichon m (plural pichons)

  1. (Picardy) fish (animal, foodstuff)

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

pichon

  1. Alternative form of pygeoun

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin pitinnus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion”); see also English, Catalan and French petit.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

pichon m (feminine singular pichona, masculine plural pichons, feminine plural pichonas)

  1. small; little
    Synonym: petit
    Antonym: grand

Further reading
  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 746.

Picard

Etymology

From Old French poisson, poison, peisson. Compare French poisson, Norman païssaon, paîsson, peissoun.

Noun

pichon m

  1. fish (creature)
  2. fish (food)

Descendants
  • → French: pichon
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