English

Alternative forms

• garcon

Noun

garçon ‎(plural garçons)

1. A waiter (especially at a French restaurant).

References

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French garçun ‎(“servant”), oblique case of gars, from Frankish *wrakjō ‎(“servant, boy”) from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô ‎(“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- ‎(“to drive”). Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko ‎(“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio ‎(“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wreċċa ‎(“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr ‎(“man, warrior, hero”). More at wretch, wreak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁsɔ̃/

Noun

garçon m ‎(plural garçons)

1. boy

   Il a deux garçons et une fille.‎

   He has two boys and a daughter.

2. waiter

   Garçon, l'addition s'il vous plaît.‎

   Waiter, the bill please.

Derived terms

• garçonnet

See also

• fille
• fils

References

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

Norman

Alternative forms

• garçaon (Guernsey)

Etymology

Borrowing from French garçon. Displaced native hardé.

Pronunciation

Noun

garçon m ‎(plural garçons)

1. (Jersey) boy

Old French

Alternative forms

• garçun

Etymology

From Frankish, see above.

Noun

garçon m ‎(oblique plural garçons, nominative singular gars, nominative plural garçon)

1. manservant

Synonyms

• vaslet

Descendants

• French: garçon

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from French garçon.

Noun

garçon m (plural garçons)

1. Alternative form of garçom