poisson

From Latin piscis.

poisson m (plural poissons)

1. fish

From Middle French, from Old French poisson, peisson, from an older form peis with suffix -on, from Latin piscis, piscem, see below. Alternatively, but less likely, through a Vulgar Latin *pisciō, pisciōnem[1][2]. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

• IPA^(key): /pwa.sɔ̃/

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• Homophone: poissons

poisson m (plural poissons)

1. fish (marine animal)

   Poisson sans boisson est poison. ― Fish without drink is poison.

• Haitian Creole: pwason
• Louisiana Creole French: pwason
• Mauritian Creole: pwason
• Seychellois Creole: pwason

• “poisson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “poisson” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
• “poisson” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

• poisons, posions

• poisçon

poisson m (plural poissons)

1. fish

• peison, peisoun, peisun, peisson, peissoun, peissun, pescion, poissoun

First attested as pescion in 980, from peis +‎ -on, peis (“fish”) being from Latin piscis. Alternatively, but less likely, it came through a Vulgar Latin *pisciō, pisciōnem. Peis probably evolved into pescion within Old French to avoid confusion with its homonym peis (“peace”).

poisson m (oblique plural poissons, nominative singular poissons, nominative plural poisson)

1. fish

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