larron
French
Etymology
From Old French larron, larrun, ladrun, ladron (cf. also the subjective case lerre), inherited from Latin latrōnem, accusative of latrō. Compare Spanish ladrón, Italian ladrone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.ʁɔ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃
- Homophone: larrons
Noun
larron m (plural larrons, feminine larronne)
- (archaic) thief
- 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, […], OCLC 763899327:
- « Arrête, larron ! s’écriait-il ; arrête, félon, bandit, détrousseur de passants ; je te tiens ici, et ton cimeterre ne te sera bon à rien. »
- "Stop, thief!" cried he; "Stop, traitor, bandit, robber of passers-by; I hold thee here, and thy scimitar will be of no use to thee."
- Synonym: voleur
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “larron” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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