gardon

Etymology

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dən

Noun

gardon (plural gardons)

1. A European cyprinoid fish; the ide.

References

• “gardon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Gradon, Gondar, Dragon, Dagorn, Dorgan, Argnod, drag on, Gordan, dragon

Etymology

Probably derived from the verb garder (“to keep, monitor, guard”), referring to the tendency of the fish to return to places from which it was chased, or its bright red eyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/

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Noun

gardon m (plural gardons)

1. roach (freshwater fish)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dragon, Dragon
• gronda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒrdon]
• Hyphenation: gar‧don
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

gardon (plural gardonok)

1. (music) A folk musical instrument played primarily in Transylvania. It is similar in appearance to a cello, but it is played percussively like a drum. Instead of being played with a bow, its strings are plucked and beaten with a stick.

   Synonym: ütőgardon

Further reading

• gardon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).