hérisson
See also: herisson
French
Etymology
From Old French heriçun, heriçon, from a hypothetical Old French *eriz, from Latin erīcius (“hedgehog”), with the suffix -on added later; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). Another possibility may be a Vulgar Latin root *ērīcio, ērīciōnem, but this would have seemingly produced *erçon in Old French. Compare, however, Catalan eriçó and Romansch erizun. See also oursin.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /e.ʁi.sɔ̃/
audio (un hérisson), speaker from Paris, France (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hérisson” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French heriçun, heriçon.
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