"garçon" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/ Forms: garçons [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French garçon (“servant, boy”), from Medieval Latin garciōnem, from Frankish *wrakjō (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|garçon||servant, boy|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French garçon (“servant, boy”), {{inh+|fr|fro|garçon||servant, boy}} Inherited from Old French garçon (“servant, boy”), {{inh|fr|ML.|garciō|garciōnem}} Medieval Latin garciōnem, {{der|fr|frk|*wrakkjō|*wrakjō|t=servant, boy}} Frankish *wrakjō (“servant, boy”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*wrakjô|t=exile, driven one}} Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} garçon m (plural garçons)
  1. boy Tags: masculine Synonyms: gamin
    Sense id: en-garçon-fr-noun-zGp3hATq Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 23 9 37 31
  2. (by extension) young man; man Tags: broadly, masculine Synonyms: homme
    Sense id: en-garçon-fr-noun-crIY5E2c
  3. Generic name of a male employee in some industries Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-garçon-fr-noun-qYhmpYhS Categories (other): French entries with language name categories using raw markup, French terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of French entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 4 52 24 Disambiguation of French terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 5 45 29 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 23 9 37 31
  4. Short for garçon de café. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, masculine Alternative form of: garçon de café
    Sense id: en-garçon-fr-noun-QM63eWdT Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 28 4 29 39 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 23 9 37 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fille, fils
Derived forms: enterrement de vie de garçon, garçon de cabine, garçon de café, garçon de caisse, garçon de cuisine, garçon de ferme, garçon de restaurant, garçon de salle, garçon de service, garçon d’étage, garçon d’honneur, garçon d’hôtel, garçon manqué, garçonnet, garçonnière, mauvais garçon

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "garçon de café"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "French short forms",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Waiter, the bill please.",
          "text": "Garçon, l’addition s’il vous plaît.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for garçon de café."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "garçon de café",
          "garçon de café#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "garçon"
}

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