tesson
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛ.sɔ̃/ ~ /te.sɔ̃/
Etymology 1
From Old French tes (plural of test (“clay jar”)) + -on.
Noun
tesson m (plural tessons)
- shard (piece of broken glass or pottery)
Etymology 2
Noun
tesson m (plural tessons)
Further reading
- “tesson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.