garçon
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garçon
- /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒn/
- /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒ̃/
Rhymes with -ɒn
Where it comes from
From French garçon m (1788), from Old French garçon, oblique case of gars (“servant”), from Medieval Latin garciō m, from Frankish *wrakkjō (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”). Doublet of garson and wretch.
Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko (“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio (“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wreċċa (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wreak.
noun garçons · garcon
- A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant).
Translations
Talk about this word "garçon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gar%C3%A7on. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. garçon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gar%C3%A7on "garçon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gar%C3%A7on.Cite this
@misc{garc_on_2026,
title = {garçon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gar%C3%A7on},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
