cabochon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

Borrowed from French cabochon, diminutive form of caboche (“head”), from Old French caboce, from Latin caput (“head”).[1]

• IPA(key): /ˌkæbəˈʃɒn/

cabochon (plural cabochons)

1. (chiefly attributive) A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.

• cabbage
• en cabochon

1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cabochon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

cabochon (plural cabochons or cabochonne)

1. Alternative form of kabosjon

Borrowed from French cabochon.

• IPA(key): /ˌkaː.boːˈʃɔn/
• Hyphenation: ca‧bo‧chon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

cabochon m (plural cabochons)

1. cabochon

From caboche +‎ -on, literally “small head”.

• IPA(key): /ka.bɔ.ʃɔ̃/
• Hyphenation: ca‧bo‧chon

cabochon m (plural cabochons)

1. cabochon
2. (Typography) cul-de-lampe
3. Small nail with an ornamental head, especially used in furniture
4. (Quebec) head
5. (Quebec, slang) silly, unintelligent, clumsy

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