arzón

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciōnem (saddlebow), from arcus. Cognate with Portuguese arção and Spanish arzón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾˈθoŋ/, (western) /aɾˈsoŋ/

Noun

arzón m (plural arzóns)

  1. saddle bow; pommel
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 665:
      Et tragiam ante si duzentos caualos armados, os escudos aos arçoes
      And they brought with them two hundred armed horses, the shields from the saddlebows
  2. spine, backbone of pigs or cattle

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish arzon~arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciōnem (saddlebow), from Latin arcus (bow). The frequent voiced /dz/ in Old Spanish may be due to the influence of arzen (modern arcén).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aɾˈθon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aɾˈson/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ar‧zón

Noun

arzón m (plural arzones)

  1. saddle bow

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