hérisson

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French heriçun, heriçon, from a hypothetical Old French *eriz, from Latin erīcius (“hedgehog”), with the suffix -on added later; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr. Another possibility may be a Vulgar Latin root *ērīcio, ērīciōnem, but this would have seemingly produced *erçon in Old French. Compare, however, Catalan eriçó and Romansch erizun. See also oursin. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /e.ʁi.sɔ̃/ === Noun === hérisson m (plural hérissons, feminine hérissonne) hedgehog ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: herisson === Further reading === “hérisson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French heriçun, heriçon. === Noun === hérisson m (plural hérissons) (Jersey) hedgehog