hérisson

Etymology

From Old French heriçun, heriçon, from a hypothetical Old French *eriz, from Latin erīcius (“hedgehog”), with the suffix -on added later; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). Another possibility may be a Vulgar Latin root *ērīcio, ērīciōnem, but this would have seemingly produced an *erçon in Old French. Compare, however, Catalan eriçó and Romansch erizun. See also oursin.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /e.ʁi.sɔ̃/

• audio (un hérisson), speaker from Paris, France

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Noun

hérisson m (plural hérissons, feminine hérissonne)

1. hedgehog

Further reading

• “hérisson” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old French heriçun, heriçon.

Noun

hérisson m (plural hérissons)

1. (Jersey) hedgehog