hérisson

See also: herisson

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French heriçun, heriçon, from a hypothetical Old French *eriz, from Latin erīcius (“hedgehog”), with the suffix -on added later; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr. Another possibility may be a Vulgar Latin root *ērīcio, ērīciōnem, but this would have seemingly produced *erçon in Old French. Compare, however, Catalan eriçó and Romansch erizun. See also oursin.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /e.ʁi.sɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris); “un hérisson”:

  (file)

Noun

hérisson m (plural hérissons, feminine hérissonne)

1. hedgehog

Derived terms

• hérisson commun
• hérisson de mer
• hérisson d’Europe

 

Descendants

• → English: herisson

Further reading

• “hérisson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French heriçun, heriçon.

Noun

hérisson m (plural hérissons)

1. (Jersey) hedgehog