jarret

French

Etymology

From Gaulish *garra (“leg”) (compare Welsh garr), from Proto-Celtic *garrā, which is of uncertain origin; possibly sharing a Pre-Greek / substrate origin with Ancient Greek άκαρα (ákara, “leg, shank”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒa.ʁɛ/

Noun

jarret m (plural jarrets)

back of the knee; hough
hock (joint)

Derived terms

References

Brown, Raymond (1985): Evidence for pre-Greek speech on Crete from Greek alphabetic sources, p. 296

Further reading

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

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