angon

See also: Angon

English

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἄγγων (ángōn, “prong, hook”); ultimately of Gothic *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga, “prong, hook”) and that from Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook; barb; angle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡɒn/

Noun

angon (plural angons)

1. (historical) A type of javelin with a barbed tip, used by the Franks and the various Germanic tribes in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages.

Anagrams

• gonna, Ongan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/

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Noun

angon m (plural angons)

1. (weaponry) angon
2. fishgig

Synonyms

• foëne (fishgig)

Further reading

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