arson
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹsən/Category:English 2-syllable words#ARSONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARSON
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːsən/Category:English 2-syllable words#ARSONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARSON
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ARSONAudio (General American): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ARSONAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sənCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)sən#ARSONCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)sən/2 syllables#ARSON
Etymology 1
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ARSONCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eHs-#ARSONFrom Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#ARSON and Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ARSON arson, from the verb ardoir, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ARSON ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.
Noun
arson (usually uncountable, plural arsons)Category:English lemmas#ARSONCategory:English nouns#ARSONCategory:English uncountable nouns#ARSONCategory:English countable nouns#ARSONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARSONCategory:Pages with entries#ARSONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ARSON
- The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
- 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Part two, p.34:
- Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.Category:English terms with quotations#ARSON
Derived terms
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Verb
arson (third-person singular simple present arsons, present participle arsoning, simple past and past participle arsoned)Category:English lemmas#ARSONCategory:English verbs#ARSONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARSONCategory:Pages with entries#ARSONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ARSON
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ARSON, chiefly IndiaCategory:Indian English#ARSON) To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.
Etymology 2
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ARSONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ARSON arsoun, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ARSON arçon, from Vulgar LatinCategory:English terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ARSON *arciō (“saddlebow”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ARSON arcus (“bow”); compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, and Spanish arzón.
Noun
arson (plural arsons)Category:English lemmas#ARSONCategory:English nouns#ARSONCategory:English countable nouns#ARSONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARSONCategory:Pages with entries#ARSONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ARSON
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#ARSON) A saddlebow.
- 1550, Edward Halle, “The xij. yere of King Henry the viij.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illuſtre Famelies of Lancaſtre and Yoꝛke, folio 78, recto:
- The kyng of Englande mounted on a freſhe courſer, the trapper of clothe of golde, of Tiſſue, the Arſon mantell wiſe […]Category:English terms with quotations#ARSON
- 1598, John Florio, “Arcione”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:
- Arcione, the arſon or ſaddle bowe.Category:English terms with quotations#ARSON
- 1634, Matheo Aleman, “Wherein Guzman de Alfarache relateth the Story of thoſe two Louers, Ozmin and Daraxa”, in Don Diego Puede-Ser, transl., The rogue: or The life of Guzman de Alfarache, volume 1, pages 68–69:
- […] And putting vp good ſtore of gold and Iewels for that iourney, and taking with him a good horſe, that was browne Bay, with a Petronell hanging at the arſon of his Saddle […]Category:English terms with quotations#ARSON
Anagrams
Category:en:Crime#ARSONCategory:en:Fire#ARSONMiddle English
Noun
arsonCategory:Middle English alternative forms#ARSONCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ARSONCategory:Pages with entries#ARSONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ARSON
- alternative form of arsoun
Middle French
Etymology
From Old FrenchCategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#ARSONCategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#ARSON arçon.
Noun
arson m (plural arsons)Category:Middle French lemmas#ARSONCategory:Middle French nouns#ARSONCategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#ARSONCategory:Middle French masculine nouns#ARSONCategory:Pages with entries#ARSONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ARSONCategory:Middle French countable nouns#ARSON
Old French
Etymology
From the verb ardre, ardoir, from LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#ARSONCategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#ARSON ardeō.
Noun
arson oblique singular, m (oblique plural arsons, nominative singular arsons, nominative plural arson)Category:Old French lemmas#ARSONCategory:Old French nouns#ARSONCategory:Old French masculine nouns#ARSONCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#ARSONCategory:Old French masculine nouns#ARSONCategory:Pages with entries#ARSONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ARSON
Descendants
- → English: arson