blason
See also: blasón
French
Etymology
From Middle French blason, from Old French blason.
Noun
blason m (plural blasons)
- (heraldry) heraldry (as a field of study)
- (heraldry) a coat of arms
- (heraldry) blazon (description of a coat of arms)
- a form of poetry describing the parts of a female beloved in a series of metaphors
Derived terms
- redorer son blason
Related terms
- blasonner
Descendants
- → Portuguese: brasão
- → Spanish: blasón
Further reading
- “blason”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
blason
- Alternative form of blasoun
Old French
Alternative forms
- blasoun, blaszon, blazon, blazoun, blazun
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *blasō, of unknown origin. Connected by some to the root of English blaze, but the OED rejects this.[1] Cognate with Occitan blezo.
Noun
blason m (oblique plural blasons, nominative singular blas, nominative plural blason)
- shield
- armorial bearings
- shoulder blade
Descendants
- Middle French: blason, blazon
- French: blason
- → Middle English: blasoun, blason, blazoun
- English: blazon
- → Middle Dutch: blasoen
- Dutch: blazoen
- → Italian: blasone
- → Spanish: blasón
- → Portuguese: brasão
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.