tesson

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /te.sɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From Old French tes (plural of test (“clay jar”)) + -on.

Noun

tesson m (plural tessons)

shard (piece of broken glass or pottery)

Etymology 2

Noun

tesson m (plural tessons)

European badger (Meles meles)

Further reading

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

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