garçon
Meaning
- boy
- young man; man
- Generic name of a male employee in some industries
- Short for garçon de café.
Frequency
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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