"cornichon" meaning in French

See cornichon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-Paris--cornichon.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-X-Javier-cornichon.wav [France] (note: Massy), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cornichon.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cornichon.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-cornichon.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: cornichons [plural]
Etymology: From corne + -iche + -on. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|corne|-iche|-on}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "head", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱer-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱerh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kornū", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cornū̆", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cornua", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*corna", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "corne", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "corne", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-iche", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-on", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "cornichon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="cornichon">, {{af|fr|corne|-iche|-on}} corne + -iche + -on Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cornichon m (plural cornichons)
  1. gherkin Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cornichon-fr-noun-UZpzjTi- Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 37 12 6 35
  2. pickle (“pickled cucumber”) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cornichon-fr-noun-WKLtMp7Q Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -iche, French terms suffixed with -on Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -iche: 24 55 21 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -on: 24 55 21
  3. (slang) nitwit, dummy Tags: masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-cornichon-fr-noun-hF~TSMgF Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries referencing ambiguous etymons, French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 37 12 6 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 27 8 4 53 Disambiguation of French entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 8 13 80 Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 8 13 79 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 12 83

Inflected forms

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