hérisson
See also: herisson
French
Etymology
From Old French heriçun, heriçon, from a hypothetical Old French *eriz, from Latin erīcius (“hedgehog”), with the suffix -on added later; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr. Another possibility may be a Vulgar Latin root *ērīcio, ērīciōnem, but this would have seemingly produced *erçon in Old French. Compare, however, Catalan eriçó and Romansch erizun. See also oursin.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /e.ʁi.sɔ̃/
audio (un hérisson), speaker from Paris, France (file)
Noun
hérisson m (plural hérissons, feminine hérissonne)
- hedgehog
Derived terms
- hérisson commun
- hérisson de mer
- hérisson d'Europe
Descendants
- → English: herisson
Further reading
- “hérisson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French heriçun, heriçon.
Noun
hérisson m (plural hérissons)
- (Jersey) hedgehog