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"etymology_text": "Spelled chaengnon around the 12th century with the meaning of nape; same Latin root as chaîne, i.e. catēna, perhaps via reconstructed Vulgar Latin *catēniōnem. The evolution of the meaning from “chain” to “nape” is unclear: a chain of bones (see Czech páteř for a similar evolution) or metonymical, where a chain would rest (see col, collier).\nThe modern sense dates back from the middle of the 18th century and might have been influenced by the sound proximity of tignon, from tignasse.\nThe expression chignon de pain is a local, dialectal pronunciation of quignon de pain (“loaf of bread”). Note that, although not taken into consideration by the TLFi (see reference below), quignon could also be the etymon of chignon, considering that the same “pastry metaphor” applies to French macaron, English bun.",
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{
"form": "chignons",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "chignon m (plural chignons)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"French 2-syllable words",
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French masculine nouns",
"French nouns",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"fr:Hair"
],
"glosses": [
"roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun"
],
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[
"roll",
"roll"
],
[
"twist",
"twist"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
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[
"bun",
"bun"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ʃi.ɲɔ̃/"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-chignon.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-chignon.wav.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
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],
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}
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