leçon

See also: leçaon and léçon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French leçon, from Latin 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə.sɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: leçons

Noun

leçon f (plural leçons)

1. lesson
   • 2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire:

     [J’ai] pas de leçons à donner, juste mon histoire à raconter.

     I don't have any lessons to give, just my story to tell.

Derived terms

• donner une leçon
• donneur de leçons
• faire la leçon
• retenir la leçon

Related terms

• lire

Further reading

• “leçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• clone, cloné, oncle

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem, possibly an early semi-learned borrowing (the standard inherited form would be *leiçon, *loiçon). See also the doublet lection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈt͡sun/

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• Franc-Comtois: yeçon
• French: leçon
  • → Middle English: lessoun
    • English: lesson
• Norman: lichon (Jersey)