gazon

See also: gázon

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (piece of ground covered with grass, turf), from Old Frankish *waso (ground, turf), from Proto-Germanic *wasô (moisture; ground), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (moist, damp, wet). Cognate with German Wasen (lawn).

Noun

gazon (plural gazons)

  1. One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (piece of ground covered with grass, turf), from Frankish *waso (ground, turf), from Proto-Germanic *wasô, *waisǭ (moisture; ground).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaːˈzɔn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ga‧zon
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

gazon n (plural gazons, diminutive gazonnetje n)

  1. lawn

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (piece of ground covered with grass, turf), from Old Frankish *waso (ground, turf), from Proto-Germanic *wasô (moisture; ground), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (moist, damp, wet). Cognate with German Wasen (lawn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.zɔ̃/, /ɡɑ.zɔ̃/
  • (file)

Noun

gazon m (plural gazons)

  1. lawn
  2. turf; grass

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

gaz + -on

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɒzon]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧zon

Noun

gazon

  1. superessive singular of gaz

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French gazon.

Noun

gazon

  1. grass, turf

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazon.

Noun

gazon n (uncountable)

  1. grass

Declension

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French gazon.

Noun

gazon

  1. grass, turf

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
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