éperon

See also: eperon

French

Etymology

Old French esperon (also Middle French), from Frankish *sporo (compare German Sporn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.pʁɔ̃/

Noun

éperon m (plural éperons)

spur (for riding or on a cockerel)
(geology) spur
(nautical) ram; cutwater

Derived terms

éperonner

Further reading

“éperon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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