éperon

See also: eperon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esperon (also Middle French), from Frankish *spurō (compare German Sporn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.pʁɔ̃/
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Noun

éperon m (plural éperons)

(equestrianism) spur (for riding or on a cockerel)
(geology) spur (mountain that shoots from another mountain or range)
(nautical) ram; cutwater

Derived terms

éperonner

Further reading

“éperon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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