estragon

Borrowed from French estragon (“tarragon”). Doublet of tarragon.

estragon (countable and uncountable, plural estragons)

1. tarragon

• Sagerton, NOR gates, stone-rag, tronages, negators, ragstone, groanest, teragons, orangest

Borrowed from French estragon (“tarragon”).

estragon c (singular definite estragonen, plural indefinite estragoner)

1. tarragon

• “estragon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Metathesized from estargon, from targon, borrowed from Medieval Latin tarcon, altarcon, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion), from δράκων (drákōn).

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.tʁa.ɡɔ̃/

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estragon m (plural estragons)

1. tarragon (the plant)
2. tarragon (the leaves)

• → Swedish: dragon
  • → Finnish: rakuuna

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

• gâterons
• rognâtes

Borrowed from French estragon (“tarragon”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛstra.kɔːn/

estragon n (genitive singular estragons, no plural)

1. tarragon, estragon (spice)

Borrowed from French estragon, from Middle French targon, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion), from δράκων (drákōn).

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈtra.ɡɔn/

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• Rhymes: -aɡɔn
• Syllabification: es‧tra‧gon

estragon m inan

1. estragon, tarragon (perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus)
2. estragon, tarragon (the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus)

• estragon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• estragon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French estragon (“tarragon”).

estràgōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling естра̀го̄н)

1. tarragon, estragon