pinson

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pincio (acc. *pincionem) from Gaulish (compare Welsh pinc), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (compare English finch). Compare Spanish pinzón, Italian pincione.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.sɔ̃/
audio (file)

Noun

pinson m (plural pinsons, feminine pinsonne)

a finch

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

pinons

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.