Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garcon

/ɡˌɑɹsˈoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: gar-con
IPA: /ɡˌɑɹsˈoʊn/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of garçon.

name

A surname from French.

Example Sentences

"And, harkee, garcon! let the blood Of cobwebbed years be spilt for him-- Aye, in a rich Burgundy flood This piscatorial pride should swim; So, were he living, he should say He gladly died for me and mine, And, as it was his native spray, He'd lash the sauce--What, ho! the wine!"
"The garcon was a small man in the fifties, inclined to corpulence, with a large head, large, blue-gray eyes, purplish lips, and blue-black hair cut pompadour."
"One day Henri, the garcon, murmured confidentially, as she left the cafe after a particularly slim meal: "These thin little blondes, they do not last long."

Etymology

Borrowed from French Garçon. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Garçon

Inflected Forms

garcons (plural)

Rhymes With

own known phone well-known alone shown stone zone loan grown unknown tone

Questions

How do you pronounce garcon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˌɑɹsˈoʊn/.
What does garcon mean?: Alternative spelling of garçon.
Where does garcon come from?: It is traced to French.

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