blason
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French blason, from Old French blason.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blason m (plural blasons)
- (heraldry) heraldry (as a field of study)
- (heraldry) a coat of arms
- (heraldry) blazon (description of a coat of arms)
- a form of poetry describing the parts of a female beloved in a series of metaphors
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “blason”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]blason
- Alternative form of blasoun
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *blasō, of unknown origin. Connected by some to the root of English blaze, but the OED rejects this.[1] Cognate with Occitan blezo.
Noun
[edit]blason oblique singular, m (oblique plural blasons, nominative singular blas, nominative plural blason)
Descendants
[edit]- Middle French: blason, blazon
- French: blason
- → Middle English: blasoun, blason, blazoun
- English: blazon
- → Middle Dutch: blasoen
- Dutch: blazoen
- → Italian: blasone
- → Spanish: blasón
- → Portuguese: brasão
References
[edit]- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Blason”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
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