flagon

C2 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˈfleɪ̯ɡ(ə)n/ UK /ˈflæɡ(ə)n/ See IPA manual

Freq #63360

Meanings

1

noun
a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout

The server carried a flagon of cider to the table.

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Word family

Forms flagons

Derived forms flagonetflagonlessswill-flagon

Related forms pitchersteintankard

Simplified etymology

Flagon entered English in the late Middle Ages from medieval Latin flasca, a word for a vessel that also gave rise to flask.

Etymology

From Middle English flagon, flakon [and other forms], from Middle French flacon, Old French flacon, flascon (“flask”) (modern French flacon (“vial”)), from Medieval Latin flascōnem, the accusative singular of Late Latin flascō (“bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle; flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to braid, plait”) (from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, we...

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# flagon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈfleɪ̯ɡ(ə)n/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈflæɡ(ə)n/
**Frequency rank:** 63360

## Meanings
1. a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout

## Examples
- The server carried a flagon of cider to the table.

## Derived Forms
- flagonet
- flagonless
- swill-flagon

## Related Forms
- pitcher
- stein
- tankard

## Etymology
From Middle English flagon, flakon [and other forms], from Middle French flacon, Old French flacon, flascon (“flask”) (modern French flacon (“vial”)), from Medieval Latin flascōnem, the accusative singular of Late Latin flascō (“bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle; flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to braid, plait”) (from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, we...

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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