Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fauchon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
fau-chon
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of falchion.

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French fauchon, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx. See also -on.

Usage

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Questions

What does fauchon mean?
Obsolete form of falchion.
Where does fauchon come from?
Borrowed from French fauchon, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx. See also -on.

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