poisson

See also: poison and Poisson

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French poisson, peisson, from an older form peis with suffix -on, from Latin piscis, piscem, see below. Alternatively, but less likely, through a Vulgar Latin *pisciō, pisciōnem[1][2]. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwa.sɔ̃/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Homophone: poissons

Noun

poisson m (plural poissons)

  1. fish (marine animal)
    Poisson sans boisson est poison - Fish gotta swim.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Frederick (1934) A Primer of Romance Philology in the Form of a Syllabus‎, Stanford University Press
  2. ↑ Offord, M. H. (January 1, 2001) French Words: Past, Present, and Future‎, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested as pescion in 980, from peis +‎ -on, peis (“fish”) being from Latin piscis. Alternatively, but less likely, it came through a Vulgar Latin *pisciō, pisciōnem. Peis probably evolved into pescion within Old French to avoid confusion with its homonym peis (“peace”).

Noun

poisson m (oblique plural poissons, nominative singular poissons, nominative plural poisson)

  1. fish

Descendants

References

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