Noun: argousin
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | argousin |
| Plural m | argousins |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like argousin
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian aguzzino, through Sicilian and Neapolitan from Catalan algutzir (and variants) or Spanish alguacil (“Saracen bailiff”), from Arabic الوَزِير (al-wazīr, “the officer”). Doublet of vizir (“vizier”). See: Italian Nouns '
aguzzino', Catalan Nouns '
algutzir', Spanish Nouns '
alguacil'.
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