gazon

Meaning

1. (masculine) lawn
2. (masculine) turf; grass

Concepts

lawn

turf

sod

grass

sward

green

meadow

prairie

lawns

greensward

grassland

yard

Grass

grass-land

plot of grass

grass plot

Gunter Grass

Gunter Wilhelm Grass

Synonyms

pelouse

herbe

gazonner

pré

motte

Günter Grass

batiste

Günter Wilhelm Grass

clairière

Translations

Rasen

césped

gramado

gazon

prato

relvado

grasveld

γρασίδι

grasmat

grasperk

perk

erba

γκαζόν

gespa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡa.zɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: gazon

Inherited from Old French: gason

Cognate with German: Wasen

In summary

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”).