"poisson" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pwa.sɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-poisson.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: poissons [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French, from Old French poisson, peisson, from an older form peis with suffix -on, from Latin piscem, see below. Alternatively, but less likely, through a Vulgar Latin *pisciō, pisciōnem. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French, {{inh+|fr|frm|-}} Inherited from Middle French, {{inh|fr|fro|poisson}} Old French poisson, {{m|fro|peisson}} peisson, {{m|fro|peis}} peis, {{af|fr|-on}} -on, {{inh|fr|la|piscis|piscem}} Latin piscem, {{inh|fr|VL.||*pisciō, pisciōnem}} Vulgar Latin *pisciō, pisciōnem, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*peysk-}} Proto-Indo-European *peysk- Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} poisson m (plural poissons)
  1. fish (marine animal) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Fish Synonyms: poissecaille

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for poisson meaning in French (4.2kB)

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        {
          "word": "poisson abyssal"
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        {
          "word": "poisson blanc"
        },
        {
          "word": "poisson d’argent"
        },
        {
          "word": "poisson d’avril"
        },
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          "word": "poisson plat"
        },
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          "word": "poisson rouge"
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          "word": "poisson royal"
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          "word": "poisson volant"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "poisson-globe"
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        {
          "word": "poisson-lune"
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