aiguillon

Inherited from Old French aguillon, aguillun, awillon, from Early Medieval Latin acūleōnem. Reshaped according to aiguille (“needle”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ̃/ ~ /e.ɡɥi.jɔ̃/

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aiguillon m (plural aiguillons)

1. goad
2. stinger, sting (of a bee)
3. (figuratively) a goad, a stimulant

• aigu
• aiguille

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