rognon

Likely from an extended sense of the French word.

rognon (plural rognons)

1. (geology) A nunatak rounded by glacial erosion.

Inherited from Middle French rognon, roignon, from Old French roignon, rognon, from Vulgar Latin *rēniōnem, *rēniōnem, from Latin rēn (“kidney”). Cognate with Norman rignon, Spanish riñón, Occitan renhon. See also French rein and -on.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/

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rognon m (plural rognons)

1. (cooking) kidney

• rognon blanc

• rein

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

Compare Italian rognone, French rognon. Derived (possibly indirectly) from a Vulgar Latin *rēniō, *rēniōnem, from Latin rēn (“kidney”).

rognon m (plural rognons)

1. kidney