Masculine
garçon
Sentences
Meaning
- boy
- young man; man
- Generic name of a male employee in some industries
- Short for garçon de café.
Concepts
male child
messenger boy
swain
bar tender
stablelad
common rudd
serwer
Synonyms
jeune garçon
fris
jeune personne
mon petit
petit garçon
mon petit gars
gardon rouge
boy friend
frisont
laddie
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French garçon (“servant, boy”), from Medieval Latin garciōnem, from Frankish *wrakjō (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”).
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