éperon

See also: eperon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esperon (also Middle French), from Frankish *spurō (compare German Sporn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.pʁɔ̃/
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Noun

éperon m (plural éperons)

  1. (equestrianism) spur (for riding or on a cockerel)
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Bel homme, hâbleur, faisant sonner haut ses éperons, portant des favoris rejoints aux moustaches, les doigts toujours garnis de bagues et habillé de couleurs voyantes, il avait l'aspect d'un brave, avec l'entrain facile d'un commis voyageur.
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  2. (geology) spur (mountain that shoots from another mountain or range)
  3. (nautical) ram; cutwater

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