perron
See also: Perron
English
Alternative forms
- perowne (14th-15th centuries)
Etymology
From Middle French pierre (“stone”), from Anglo-Norman perron.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹən/, /ˈpɛɹɒ̃/
Noun
perron (plural perrons)
- (historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- hit wille be no worship for you to haue adoo with me / for ye are fressh and I am wounded sore / And therfor and ye wille nedes haue ado with me / Assigne me a day and thenne I shal mete with you withoute fayle / ye saye wel said sir Tristram / Now I assigne you to mete me in the medowe by the ryuer of Camelot / where Merlyon sette the peron
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- (architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. US: stoop.
Anagrams
- pernor, proner
Danish
Noun
perron
- platform (A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train)
Declension
Declension of perron
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | perron | perronen | perroner | perronerne |
| genitive | perrons | perronens | perroners | perronernes |
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Perron, from French perron, from Middle French perron, from Old French [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛˈrɔn/, /pəˈrɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: per‧ron
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
perron n (plural perrons, diminutive perronnetje n)
- A boarding platform on which passengers wait for a train: it is next to a spoor.
Descendants
- Afrikaans: perron
- → Indonesian: peron
- → Sranan Tongo: peron
Anagrams
- porren
French
Etymology
From pierre + -on.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.ʁɔ̃/, /pe.ʁɔ̃/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
perron m (plural perrons)
- steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US)
Descendants
- → German: Perron
- → Danish: perron
- → Dutch: perron
- Afrikaans: perron
- → Indonesian: peron
- → Sranan Tongo: peron
- → Hungarian: peron
- → Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: perrong
- Norwegian Nynorsk: perrong
- → Macedonian: перон (peron)
- → Polish: peron
- → Russian: перрон (perron)
- → Swedish: perrong
Further reading
- “perron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- prôner
Middle French
Noun
perron m (plural perrons)
- perron (stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.)
- 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:
- Ces parolles dictes, se retira en sa tesniere, & sus le perron de la porte se recoursa robe, cotte, & chemise iusques aux escelles, & leurs monstroit son cul.
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Old French
Alternative forms
- perrun, perun (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
p(i)erre (“stone”) + -on.
Noun
perron m (oblique plural perrons, nominative singular perrons, nominative plural perron)
- block of stone
Descendants
- → English: perron
References
- perron on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub