arçon

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *arcio (“saddlebow”), from Classical Latin arcus. Compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, Spanish arzón.

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.sɔ̃/

arçon m (plural arçons)

1. (horse riding) tree (wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle)

• vider les arçons

• “arçon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• caron, coran, Coran

• arçun

From Vulgar Latin *arcio, arcionem, from Classical Latin arcus.

arçon m (oblique plural arçons, nominative singular arçons, nominative plural arçon)

1. saddle

• French: arçon
• Italian: arcione