leçon

From Middle French, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (according to the Trésor de la Langue Française, the Old French was an (early) borrowing from the Latin, making it a semi-learned term).

• IPA^(key): /lə.sɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: leçons

leçon f (plural leçons)

1. lesson

• lire

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

• clone, cloné, oncle

From Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem, possibly an early (semi-learned) borrowing. See also the doublet lection.

• IPA^(key): /ləˈt͡sõn/

leçon f (oblique plural leçons, nominative singular leçon, nominative plural leçons)

1. reading
2. story; tale
3. piece of information

• English: lesson (borrowed)
• French: leçon