perron

• perowne (14th-15th centuries)

From Middle French pierre (“stone”), from Anglo-Norman perron.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹən/, /ˈpɛɹɒ̃/

perron (plural perrons)

1. (historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter ij, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

     hit wille be no worship for you to haue adoo with me / for ye are fressh and I am wounded sore / And therfor and ye wille nedes haue ado with me / Assigne me a day and thenne I shal mete with you withoute fayle / ye saye wel said sir Tristram / Now I assigne you to mete me in the medowe by the ryuer of Camelot / where Merlyon sette the peron

2. (architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform.

• pernor

perron

1. platform (A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train)

Borrowed from German Perron.

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• Rhymes: -ɔn

perron n (plural perrons, diminutive perronnetje n)

1. platform on which passengers wait for a train: it is next to a spoor.

• porren

From pierre +‎ -on.

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ʁɔ̃/

perron m (plural perrons)

1. steps (to an entranceway), perron

• German: Perron
  • Dutch: perron

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

• prôner

perron m (plural perrons)

1. perron (stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.)
   • 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:

     Ces parolles dictes, se retira en sa tesniere, & sus le perron de la porte se recoursa robe, cotte, & chemise iusques aux escelles, & leurs monstroit son cul.

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• perun (Anglo-Norman)

p(i)erre (“stone”) +‎ -on.

perron m (oblique plural perrons, nominative singular perrons, nominative plural perron)

1. block of stone

• English: perron (borrowed)

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