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griffon
English
Etymology
See griffin.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?f?n
Noun
griffon (plural griffons)
- Alternative form of griffin (legendary creature)
- A breed of dog usually called the Brussels Griffon, reminiscent of the legendary creature.
- A griffon vulture.
Translations
Anagrams
- offring, ring off
French
Etymology
From Old French grifon (grif + -on), from Latin gr?phus, gryps, from Ancient Greek ???? (grúps).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i.f??/
Noun
griffon m (plural griffons)
- griffin (legendary creature)
- griffon vulture
- common swift
References
- “griffon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
griffon m (plural griffons)
- (Jersey) scarifier
Old French
Alternative forms
- gripun, gripoun
Etymology
From grif +? -on, from Latin gryps, from Ancient Greek ???? (grúps)
Noun
griffon m (oblique plural griffons, nominative singular griffons, nominative plural griffon)
- griffin (legendary creature)
- griffin (person of Greek, Middle Eastern or Asian descent)
Descendants
- Middle English: griffoun, griphon, grefoun, gryffoun, gryffone, gryffon, grifown, griphonne, gryffyn, griffone, grefyne
- English: griffin, griffon, gryphon
- French: griffon
griffon From the web:
griffin
English
Alternative forms
- grifon, gryfon (obsolete)
- gryphon
- griffon
Etymology
From Middle English griffoun, from Old French griffon, from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek ???? (grúps).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???f?n/
- Rhymes: -?f?n
Noun
griffin (plural griffins)
- A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.
- A large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible.
- An English variety of apple.
- (dated, India) A person who has just arrived from Europe.
- A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.
- A watchful guardian, especially a duenna in charge of a young woman.
Derived terms
- bearded griffin (Gypaetus barbatus)
- griffinish
- griffinism
Descendants
- Chinese Pidgin English: griffin
Translations
References
Anagrams
- riffing
Chinese Pidgin English
Etymology
From English griffin (“newcomer to India”).
Noun
griffin
- A person who spent less than a year in China.
- A racing pony in its first season.
References
- Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 105:
- Griffin: (Anglo-Indian) a newcomer. One with less than a years’[sic] residence in China. Also a racing pony in his first season. (“China ponies” are bred in Mongolia and brought down annually).
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