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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French chappon, from Old French chapon, chiapun, from Vulgar Latin *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare Catalan capó, English capon, Italian cappone, Occitan capon, Portuguese capão, Spanish capón.
Pronunciation
Homophone: Chapon
Noun
chapon m (plural chapons, feminine chaponne)
- capon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof
- (by extension) any castrated male fowl
- a large crouton served in a lean soup
- garlic bread
Further reading
Middle English
Noun
chapon
- Alternative form of capoun
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French chapon.
Noun
chapon m (plural chapons)
- (Jersey) capon