harpon

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harpon

1. accusative singular of harpo

Inherited from Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”).

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.pɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: harpons

harpon m (plural harpons)

1. harpoon (spearlike weapon)

• harponner
• harponneur

• → Romanian: harpon

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

Borrowed from French harpon.

harpon n (plural harpoane)

1. harpoon