garçon

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See also: garcon, Garcon, and Garçon

English

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Etymology

From French garçon (1788), from Old French garçun (“servant”), oblique case of gars, from Medieval Latin garciō, from Frankish *wrakjō (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”). Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko (“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio (“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wreċċa (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wretch, wreak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒn/, /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒ̃/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

garçon (plural garçons)

  1. A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant).

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Translations

References

  • Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French garçon.

Pronunciation

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons, diminutive garçontje n)

  1. waiter in a bar, restaurant etc.
    Synonyms: kelner, ober

Franco-Provençal

Noun

garçon m

  1. boy
    Coordinate term: filye

Further reading

  • garçon in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French garçon (“servant, boy”), from Medieval Latin garciōnem, from Frankish *wrakjō (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”).

Pronunciation

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. boy
    Synonym: gamin
    Il a deux garçons et une fille.
    He has two boys and a girl.
  2. (by extension) young man; man
    Synonym: homme
  3. Generic name of a male employee in some industries
    Hypernym: employé
    Hyponyms: garçon de café, garçon de ferme, garçon de salle
  4. Short for garçon de café.
    Garçon, l’addition s’il vous plaît. ― Waiter, the bill please.

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Descendants

See also

References

  • Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French garçon. Displaced native hardé.

Pronunciation

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. (Jersey) boy

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin garciō (“mercenary, servant, boy”), from Frankish *wrakjō (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”).

Noun

garçon oblique singular, m (oblique plural garçons, nominative singular gars, nominative plural garçon)

  1. manservant
    Synonym: vaslet

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French garçon.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: gar‧çon

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. Alternative form of garçom
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