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flacon

  • /ˈflækɒn/
  • /ˈflɑːkɒn/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French flacon. Doublet of fiasco, flagon, and flask.

noun flacons

  1. A small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume. October 24, 1872, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, letter to G. W. Greene two glass flacons for the ink

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noun small bottle

DeutschFlakon
Русскийфлако́н flakón

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"flacon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flacon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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flacon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flacon

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"flacon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flacon.

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@misc{flacon_2026,
  title = {flacon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flacon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}