adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to Gascony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
Gascon
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡæs.kən/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æskən
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 S K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
braggart; swaggering
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Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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name
Meaning 3
The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.
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noun
Meaning 4
A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France.
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noun
Meaning 5
A braggart; a bully.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
A breed of cow from Gascony
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History
Etymology
From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Doublet of Vascon.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: gascón — of or relating to Gascony
- Belarusian: гасконскі (haskónski) — of or relating to Gascony
- Finnish: gascognelainen — of or relating to Gascony
- Irish: Gascúnach — of or relating to Gascony
- Italian: guascone — of or relating to Gascony
- Polish: gaskoński — of or relating to Gascony
- Romanian: gascon — of or relating to Gascony
- Russian: гаско́нский (gaskónskij) — of or relating to Gascony
- Spanish: gascón — of or relating to Gascony
- Swedish: gaskonjisk — of or relating to Gascony
- Asturian: gascón — Translations
- French: gascon — Translations
- Polish: dialekt gaskoński — Translations
- Armenian: գասկոնցի (gaskoncʻi) — inhabitant
- Asturian: gascón — inhabitant
- Asturian: gascona — inhabitant
- Catalan: gascó — inhabitant
- Corsican: guascone — inhabitant
- Esperanto: gaskono — inhabitant
- French: Gascon — inhabitant
- Galician: gascón — inhabitant
- Galician: gascoa — inhabitant
- Irish: Gascúnach — inhabitant
- Italian: guascone — inhabitant
- Occitan: gascon — inhabitant
- Polish: Gaskończyk — inhabitant
- Polish: Gaskon — inhabitant
- Polish: Gaskonka — inhabitant
- Portuguese: gascão — inhabitant
- Romanian: gascon — inhabitant
- Russian: гаско́нец (gaskónec) — inhabitant
- Sicilian: guascuni — inhabitant
- Sicilian: vascuni — inhabitant
- Spanish: gascón — inhabitant
- French: gasconne — breed
- Occitan: Gascona — breed
- Polish: gaskon — breed
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