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masculine

/ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/

Line drawing of garçon
Coloured illustration of garçon
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Translation

boy, waiter

Word origin

From Old French gars and its oblique form garcon, of Frankish origin, from a Germanic root meaning roughly 'servant' or 'young man'.

Origin
Frankish
Root
wrakjo

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Examples

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This little boy is already learning to read at four.

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Waiter, the bill please.

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The boy scored the last goal of the match.

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The little boy lost his ball in the river.

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Waiter, the bill please!

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This word is part of lesson 7.