garçon

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Meaning

  1. boy
  2. young man; man
  3. Generic name of a male employee in some industries
  4. Short for garçon de café.

Frequency

A1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/
Etymology

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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