picon

See also: Picon, picón, and piĉon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French picon, named after inventor Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).

Noun

picon (countable and uncountable, plural picons)

1. A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and quinquina, traditionally accompanying beer in the east and north of France.

Further reading

• picon (apéritif) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• copin

Esperanto

Noun

picon

1. accusative singular of pico

French

Etymology

From the brandname Picon, named after Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.kɔ̃/

Noun

picon m (plural picons)

1. 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.

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Further reading

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