goujon

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːd͡ʒɒn/, /ɡuːˈʒɒn/

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• Rhymes: -uːʒɒn, -uːdʒɒn, -ɒn

Borrowed from French goujon (“gudgeon (fish)”). Doublet of gudgeon.

goujon (plural goujons)

1. A mudcat (fish).
   • 2018, Henri Charpentier, Life à la Henri: Being the Memories of Henri Charpentier:

     Goujons are tiny brook-fish like the white bait which are served on the sea coast in this country; but to watch a Frenchman with an untrimmed beard as he devours schools of goujons is an experience.

Borrowed from French goujon (“dowel, pin”).

goujon (plural goujons)

1. (cooking) A thin strip of food, usually fish or chicken.

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.ʒɔ̃/

From Old French gojon, goujon, frmo Latin gōbiōnem, from gōbius, from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós).

goujon m (plural goujons)

1. gudgeon (fish)

From gouge +‎ -on.

goujon m (plural goujons)

1. dowel, pin

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