angon
English
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ἄγγων (ángōn, “prong, hook”); ultimately from Germanic origins.
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.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/
Synonyms
- foëne (fishgig)
Further reading
- “angon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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