Wiktionary

garçon

See also: garcon, Garcon, and Garçon

English

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From French garçon m (1788), from Old French garçon, oblique case of gars m (“servant”), from Medieval Latin garciō m, from Frankish *wrakjō m (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô m (“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.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒn/, /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒ̃/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

edit

garçon (plural garçons)

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

Translations

edit

References

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

Anagrams

edit

Dutch

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from French garçon.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

garçon m (plural garçons, diminutive garçontje n)

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

Franco-Provençal

edit
 
Franco-Provençal Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia frp

Etymology

edit

Compare French garçon.

Noun

edit

garçon m (plural garçons) (ORB, broad)

  1. boy
    Synonym: fely
    Coordinate term: felye (“girl”)
  2. son
    Synonym: fely
    Coordinate term: felye (“daughter”)

References

edit
  • garçon in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • garçon in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Old French garçon m (“servant, boy”), from Early Medieval Latin garciōnem, accusative of garciō m (“mercenary, servant, boy”), from Frankish *wrakjō m (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô m (“exile, driven one”).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/
  • Audio; “un garçon”:(file)

Noun

edit

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. boy
    Synonym: gamin m
    Il a deux garçons et une fille.
    He has two boys and a girl.
  2. (by extension) young man; man
    Synonym: homme m
  3. Generic name of a male employee in some industries
    Hypernym: employé m
    Hyponyms: garçon de café m, garçon de ferme m, garçon de salle m
  4. Short for garçon de café.
    Garçon, l’addition s’il vous plaît. ― Waiter, the bill please.

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit

See also

edit

References

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

Further reading

edit

Norman

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from French garçon. Displaced native hardé.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. (Jersey) boy

Old French

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin garciō m, from Frankish *wrakkjō m, from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô m.

Noun

edit

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

  1. manservant
    Synonym: vaslet

Descendants

edit

Portuguese

edit

Etymology

edit

Unadapted borrowing from French garçon.

Pronunciation

edit
 

  • Hyphenation: gar‧çon

Noun

edit

garçon m (plural garçons)

  1. Alternative form of garçom
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=garçon&oldid=81976430"