éperon
See also: eperon
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French esperon (also Middle French), from Frankish *spurō (compare German Sporn).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editéperon m (plural éperons)
- (equestrianism) spur (for riding or on a cockerel)
- (geology) spur (mountain that shoots from another mountain or range)
- (nautical) ram; cutwater
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “éperon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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