estragón

See also: estragon and Estragon

Galician

Alternative forms

estragom, estragão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from French estragon (“tarragon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /estɾaˈɡoŋ/ [es̺.t̪ɾɑˈɣ̞oŋ]
IPA^(key): (gheada) /estɾaˈħoŋ/ [es̺.t̪ɾɑˈħoŋ]

Rhymes: -oŋ
Hyphenation: es‧tra‧gón

Noun

estragón m (plural estragóns)

tarragon

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French estragon (“tarragon”), from Middle French targon, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon”). Doublet of drago.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /estɾaˈɡon/ [es.t̪ɾaˈɣ̞õn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: es‧tra‧gón

Noun

estragón m (plural estragones)

tarragon

Further reading

“estragón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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