pichon

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See also: Pichon and pichón

French

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Occitan pichon (small, little).

Noun

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pichon m (plural pichons, feminine pichonne)

  1. (Provence) small child

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Picard pichon (fish).

Noun

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pichon m (plural pichons)

  1. (Picardy) fish (animal, foodstuff)

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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pichon

  1. Alternative form of pygeoun

Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin pitinnus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (piece, portion); see also English, Catalan and French petit.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Languedoc):(file)

Adjective

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pichon m (feminine singular pichona, masculine plural pichons, feminine plural pichonas)

  1. small; little
    Synonym: petit
    Antonym: grand

Further reading

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  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 746.

Picard

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Etymology

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From Old French poisson, poison, peisson. Compare French poisson, Norman païssaon, paîsson, peissoun.

Noun

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pichon m

  1. fish (creature)
  2. fish (food)

Descendants

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  • French: pichon