angon
See also: Angon
English
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ἄγγων (ángōn, “prong, hook”); ultimately of Gothic *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga, “prong, hook”) and that from Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook; barb; angle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡɒn/
Noun
angon (plural angons)
- (historical) A type of javelin with a barbed tip, used by the Franks and the various Germanic tribes in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/
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Synonyms
- foëne (fishgig)
Further reading
- “angon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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