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7-letter words (2 found)

POISONS,POISSON,

6-letter words (6 found)

INSPOS,OPSINS,POISON,PSIONS,SNOOPS,SPOONS,

5-letter words (12 found)

INSPO,NOOPS,OPSIN,PIONS,PISOS,POONS,PSION,SNIPS,SNOOP,SOOPS,SPINS,SPOON,

4-letter words (25 found)

IONS,ISOS,NIPS,NOOP,ONOS,OONS,OOPS,PINS,PION,PISO,PISS,POIS,PONS,POON,POOS,POSS,PSIS,SINS,SIPS,SNIP,SONS,SOON,SOOP,SOPS,SPIN,

3-letter words (27 found)

INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NIP,NIS,NOO,NOS,OIS,ONO,ONS,OON,OOP,OOS,OPS,PIN,PIS,POI,POO,POS,PSI,SIN,SIP,SIS,SON,SOP,SOS,

2-letter words (13 found)

IN,IO,IS,NO,OI,ON,OO,OP,OS,PI,PO,SI,SO,

You can make 85 words from poisson according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of poisson

poisson

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin piscis.

Noun

poisson m (plural poissons)

  1. fish

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French poisson, peisson, from an older form peis with suffix -on, from Latin piscem, see below. Alternatively, but less likely, through a Vulgar Latin *pisciō, pisciōnem. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwa.sɔ̃/
  • Homophone: poissons

Noun

poisson m (plural poissons)

  1. fish (marine animal)
    Synonym: poissecaille
    Poisson sans boisson est poison. ― Fish without drink is poison.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: pwason
  • Louisiana Creole: pwason
  • Mauritian Creole: pwason
  • Seychellois Creole: pwason

References

Further reading

  • “poisson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • “poisson” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
  • “poisson” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Anagrams

  • poisons, posions

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • poisçon

Noun

poisson m (plural poissons)

  1. fish

Old French

Alternative forms

  • peison, peisoun, peisun, peisson, peissoun, peissun, pescion, poissoun

Etymology

First attested as pescion in 980, from peis +‎ -on, peis (“fish”) being from Latin piscis. Alternatively, but less likely, it came through a Vulgar Latin *pisciō, pisciōnem. Peis probably evolved into pescion within Old French to avoid confusion with its homonym peis (“peace”).

Noun

poisson oblique singular, m (oblique plural poissons, nominative singular poissons, nominative plural poisson)

  1. fish

Descendants

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org