picon
See also: Picon, picón, and piĉon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French picon, named after inventor Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).
Noun
picon (countable and uncountable, plural picons)
- A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and quinquina, traditionally accompanying beer in the east and north of France.
Further reading
picon (apéritif) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Esperanto
Noun
picon
- accusative singular of pico
French
Etymology
From the brandname Picon, named after Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.kɔ̃/
Noun
picon m (plural picons)
- picon (bitter accompanying beer)
- 1932, Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit:
- Les passagers croupissaient, répartis dans l’ombre des entreponts, dans les W.C., au fumoir, par petits groupes soupçonneux et nasillards. Tout ça, bien imbibés de picons, et cancans, du matin au soir.
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Further reading
- “picon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.