goémon

Meaning

1. (masculine) wrack (seaweed)
2. (masculine) kelp

Concepts

wrack

kelp

brown alga

seaweed

sea wrack

Synonyms

varech

laminaire

kelp

fucus

Kelp

laminariales

Translations

zeewier

Tang

bruinwier

varec

blaaswier

denizyosunu

Seetang

gordelroos

zeegras

sargazo

fucus

laminariales

حطام

quelpo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɔ.e.mɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: goumon

Cognate with Welsh: gwymon

Cognate with Old Irish: femman

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: -

Cognate with Irish: feamainn

In summary

1686; from Middle French goumon (14th c.), from Middle Breton gwemon, from Old Breton goumon, from late Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon (“seaweed”), from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to wind, wrap around”); see also Welsh gwymon and Middle Irish femmain (modern Scottish Gaelic and Irish feamainn).