hanneton

Inherited from Middle French hanneton, from Old French haneton, from Frankish *hanō (“rooster”), from Proto-Germanic *hanô; + -et +‎ -on.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /an.tɔ̃/

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hanneton m (plural hannetons)

1. cockchafer, June bug (US)
2. (figuratively) scatterbrain

• → Norman: hanneton

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

Borrowed from French hanneton, from Frankish *hano (“rooster”).

hanneton m (plural hannetons)

1. (Jersey) cockchafer, May bug