Harpoon - meaning and illustration
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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes
1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for harpoon: 🔊
/hɑː(ɹ)ˈpuːn/1.2. Etymology of Harpoon:
Borrowing from Middle French harpon ‘harpoon’, divisible into harper, ‘to fish with a grapple hook’, and -on, ‘object’; from Germanic harpan, ‘to seize’; early 17th cent. (denoting a barbed dart or spear): from French harpon, from harpe ‘dog's claw, clamp’, via Latin from Greek harpē ‘sickle’.1.3. 🇫🇷 French translation of harpoon:
- Harpon
1.4. Definition of harpoon in fisheries:
Harpoon : a long, spear-like weapon used to hunt large fish or marine mammals, such as whales
1.5. Plural of harpoon:
Harpoons;
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