gardon

French

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dən

gardon (plural gardons)

1. A European cyprinoid fish; the ide.

• “gardon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Dorgan, Dragon, Gordan, drag on, dragon

Probably derived from the verb garder (“to keep, monitor, guard”), referring to the tendency of the fish to return to places from which it was chased, or its bright red eyes.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/

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gardon m (plural gardons)

1. roach (freshwater fish)

• frais comme un gardon
• gardon rouge

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

• dragon, Dragon
• gronda

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒrdon]
• Hyphenation: gar‧don
• Rhymes: -on

gardon (plural gardonok)

1. (music) A folk musical instrument played primarily in Transylvania. It is similar in appearance to a cello, but it is played percussively like a drum. Instead of being played with a bow, its strings are plucked and beaten with a stick.

   Synonym: ütőgardon