German

Noun

Perron m

1. (dated outside Austria and Switzerland) train platform

Descendants

• Dutch: perron

See also

• Bahnsteig

English

Alternative forms

• perowne (14th-15th centuries)

Noun

perron ‎(plural perrons)

1. (historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter ij, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

     hit wille be no worship for you to haue adoo with me / for ye are fressh and I am wounded sore / And therfor and ye wille nedes haue ado with me / Assigne me a day and thenne I shal mete with you withoute fayle / ye saye wel said sir Tristram / Now I assigne you to mete me in the medowe by the ryuer of Camelot / where Merlyon sette the peron

2. (architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from German Perron.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

perron n ‎(plural perrons, diminutive perronnetje n)

1. platform on which passengers wait for a train: it is next to a spoor.

Anagrams

• porren

French

Etymology

From pierre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁɔ̃/, /peʁɔ̃/

Noun

perron m ‎(plural perrons)

1. steps (to an entranceway), perron

Descendants

• German: Perron
  • Dutch: perron

Anagrams

• prôner

Middle French

Noun

perron m (plural perrons)

1. perron (stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.)
   • 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:

     Ces parolles dictes, se retira en sa tesniere, & sus le perron de la porte se recoursa robe, cotte, & chemise iusques aux escelles, & leurs monstroit son cul.

Old French

Alternative forms

• perun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

p(i)erre ‎(“stone”) +‎ -on.

Noun

perron m ‎(oblique plural perrons, nominative singular perrons, nominative plural perron)

1. block of stone

Descendants

• English: perron (borrowed)

References

• perron on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub