perron

See also: Perron

English

Alternative forms

• perowne (14th–15th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle French pierre (“stone”), from Anglo-Norman perron.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹən/, /ˈpɛɹɒ̃/

Noun

perron (plural perrons)

1. (historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

     hit wille be no worship for you to haue adoo with me / for ye are fressh and I am wounded sore / And therfor and ye wille nedes haue ado with me / Assigne me a day and thenne I shal mete with you withoute fayle / ye saye wel said sir Tristram / Now I assigne you to mete me in the medowe by the ryuer of Camelot / where Merlyon sette the peron

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. US: stoop.

Anagrams

• pernor, proner

Danish

Noun

perron

1. platform (A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train)

Declension

Declension of perron

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	perron	perronen	perroner	perronerne
genitive	perrons	perronens	perroners	perronernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Perron, from French perron, from Middle French perron, from Old French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈrɔn/, /pəˈrɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: per‧ron
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

perron n (plural perrons, diminutive perronnetje n)

1. a boarding platform on which passengers wait for a train: it is next to a spoor

Descendants

• Afrikaans: perron
• → Indonesian: peron
• → Sranan Tongo: peron

Anagrams

• porren

French

Etymology

From pierre +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ ~ /pe.ʁɔ̃/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

perron m (plural perrons)

1. steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US)

Descendants

• → German: Perron
  • → Danish: perron
  • → Dutch: perron
    • Afrikaans: perron
    • → Indonesian: peron
    • → Sranan Tongo: peron
  • → Hungarian: peron
  • → Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: perrong
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: perrong
• → Bulgarian: перон (peron)
• → Macedonian: перон (peron)
• → Polish: peron
• → Russian: перрон (perron)
• → Swedish: perrong

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• prôner

Middle French

Noun

perron m (plural perrons)

1. perron (stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.)
   • 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:

     Ces parolles dictes, se retira en sa tesniere, & sus le perron de la porte se recoursa robe, cotte, & chemise iusques aux escelles, & leurs monstroit son cul.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old French

Alternative forms

• perrun, perun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

p(i)erre (“stone”) +‎ -on.

Noun

perron oblique singular, m (oblique plural perrons, nominative singular perrons, nominative plural perron)

1. block of stone

Descendants

• → English: perron

References

• perron on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub