garçon

See also: garcon

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French garçon (1788), from Old French garçun (“servant”), oblique case of gars, 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.

Noun

garçon (plural garçons)

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

References

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French garçon.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons, diminutive garçontje n)

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

French

Etymology

From Old French garçon (“servant, boy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/
  • audio (un garçon)(file)

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. boy
    Il a deux garçons et une fille.
    He has two boys and a daughter.
    Synonym: gamin
  2. (by extension) young man; man
    Synonym: homme
  3. waiter
    Garçon, l'addition s'il vous plaît. ― Waiter, the bill please.
    Synonym: serveur

Derived terms

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

  • Audio(file)

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. (Jersey) boy

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin garciō (“mercenary, servant, boy”).

Noun

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

  1. manservant
    Synonym: vaslet

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French garçon.

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. Alternative form of garçom
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