mouron
French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *murāginem, related to Spanish murajes, Portuguese morugem, Galician muruxa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.ʁɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
mouron m (plural mourons)
- scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)
- Lysimachia tenella, syn. Anagallis tenella
- Stellaria media
- Veronica anagallis
- Veronica anagalloides
- Samolus valerandi
- (slang) worries
- Te fais pas de mouron ― Do not worry
Derived terms
- mouron aquatique
- mouron blanc
- mouron bleu
- mouron délicat
- mouron des champs
- mouron des oiseaux
- mouron d’eau
- mouron rouge
- se faire du mouron
Descendants
- → Portuguese: morrião
Further reading
- “mouron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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