gazon

See also: gázon

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Old Frankish *wasō (“ground, turf, sod”), from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, damp, wet”). Cognate with German Wasen (“lawn”), German Low German Waas (“bundle of twigs”), Dutch waas (“haze, mist, film”).

Noun

gazon (plural gazons)

1. One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.

Anagrams

• Zango, zogan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Frankish *waso (“ground, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *wasô, *waisǭ (“moisture; ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaːˈzɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ga‧zon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

gazon n (plural gazons, diminutive gazonnetje n)

1. lawn

Related terms

• waas

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Old Frankish *wasō (“ground, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, damp, wet”). Cognate with German Wasen (“lawn”), German Low German Waas (“bundle of twigs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.zɔ̃/ ~ /ɡɑ.zɔ̃/

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Noun

gazon m (plural gazons)

1. lawn
2. turf; grass

Derived terms

• gazon anglais
• hockey sur gazon
• tondeuse à gazon

Descendants

• → Dutch: gazon
• → English: gazon
• → Esperanto: gazono
• → Greek: γκαζόν (gkazón)
• → Russian: газон (gazon)
  • → Armenian: գազոն (gazon)
  • → Georgian: გაზონი (gazoni)
  • → Yakut: газон (gazon)

See also

• herbe
• pelouse

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

gaz +‎ -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒzon]
• Hyphenation: ga‧zon

Noun

gazon

1. superessive singular of gaz

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French gazon.

Noun

gazon

1. grass, turf

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazon.

Noun

gazon n (uncountable)

1. grass

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gazon	gazonul
genitive-dative	gazon	gazonului
vocative	gazonule

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French gazon.

Noun

gazon

1. grass, turf

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN