picon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French picon, named after inventor Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).
Noun[edit]
picon (countable and uncountable, plural picons)
- A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and quinquina, traditionally accompanying beer in the east and north of France.
Further reading[edit]
picon (apéritif) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
picon
- accusative singular of pico
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the brandname Picon, named after Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
picon m (plural picons)
- picon (bitter accompanying beer)
- 1932, Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit:
- Les passagers croupissaient, répartis dans l’ombre des entreponts, dans les W.C., au fumoir, par petits groupes soupçonneux et nasillards. Tout ça, bien imbibés de picons, et cancans, du matin au soir.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading[edit]
- “picon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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