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English
Etymology
From Middle French pierre (“stone”), from Anglo-Norman perron.
Pronunciation
Noun
perron (plural perrons)
- (historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:hit wille be no worship for you to haue adoo with me / for ye are fressh and I am wounded sore / And therfor and ye wille nedes haue ado with me / Assigne me a day and thenne I shal mete with you withoute fayle / ye saye wel said sir Tristram / Now I assigne you to mete me in the medowe by the ryuer of Camelot / where Merlyon sette the peron- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. US: stoop.
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
perron
- platform (A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train)
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Perron, from French perron, from Middle French perron, from Old French .
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛˈrɔn/, /pəˈrɔn/
- Hyphenation: per‧ron
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
perron n (plural perrons, diminutive perronnetje n)
- a boarding platform on which passengers wait for a train: it is next to a spoor
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French
Etymology
From pierre + -on.
Pronunciation
Noun
perron m (plural perrons)
- steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US)
Descendants
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Middle French
Noun
perron m (plural perrons)
- perron (stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.)
1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:Ces parolles dictes, se retira en sa tesniere, & sus le perron de la porte se recoursa robe, cotte, & chemise iusques aux escelles, & leurs monstroit son cul.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Old French
Etymology
p(i)erre (“stone”) + -on.
Noun
perron oblique singular, m (oblique plural perrons, nominative singular perrons, nominative plural perron)
- block of stone
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