lardon

English

Preparation of lardons from fatback
The lardon, onions and garlic being prepared for a coq au vin

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Etymology

From Middle English lardon, lardun, from Old French lardon.[1]

Noun

lardon (countable and uncountable, plural lardons)

  1. (uncountable) Meat strips used for larding, especially salted pork.
    Synonym: larding
    • 1949, “Wild Boar between Two Fires”, in Italian Cook Book: Adopted from the Italian of Pellegrino Artusi and Olga Ragusa, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: S. F. Vanni, →OCLC, page 119:
      Place three or four slices of lardon on top of the meat and cover it with a sheet of paper smeared with butter.
    • 2006, Jacques L. Rolland, Carol Sherman, “marbling”, in The Food Encyclopedia: Over 8,000 Ingredients, Tools, Techniques and People, Toroto, Ont.: Robert Rose Inc., →ISBN, page 404, column 2:
      Too-lean meat or poultry can be “marbled” by the cook, with lardon and a larding needle.
    • 2011, Reed Farrel Coleman, chapter 14, in Hurt Machine (Moe Prager; 7), Cincinnati, Oh.: Tyrus Books, →ISBN, page 76:
      They’d have had to take out a loan just to walk through the door. Not to judge, but I didn’t see Alta or Maya Watson as two women who were going to take a quick lunch of frisee salad with lardon or Thai duck confit with tamarind and pomegranate drizzle, certainly not at these prices.
  2. (countable) One of the strips.
    Synonym: larding
    • 2017, Emily Roux, Giselle Roux, “Split Pea Soup with Crispy Lardons and Croutons”, in New French Table: A Fresh Take on Classic Recipes, London: Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN, “Soups” section, page 27:
      This is a hearty and satisfying soup that is made even more tempting by the crunch of crispy croutons and salty bacon lardons.

References

  1. ^ “lardon, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Esperanto

Noun

lardon

  1. accusative singular of lardo

French

Etymology

From lard +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laʁ.dɔ̃/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

lardon m (plural lardons)

  1. small piece of bacon used in quiches, in salads, etc.
  2. (dated) a fatty strip of pork or bacon used for larding of lean meat (such as fowl)
  3. (colloquial) kid, nipper; brat
    • 2015 June, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 2, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:
      La Olga, elle se serait fait faire trois lardons quand elle avait l'âge, et vas-y les allocs et j'aime autant te dire qu'on t'en trouve, du logement social, quand t'es mère célibataire.
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