besson

From Vulgar Latin *bissus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.sɔ̃/ ~ /be.sɔ̃/

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besson (feminine bessonne, masculine plural bessons, feminine plural bessonnes)

1. (obsolete, Acadia, Louisiana) twin

besson m (plural bessons, feminine bessonne)

1. (obsolete, Acadia, Louisiana) twin

• jumeau (modern)

• “besson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Probably from Old Occitan besso, of uncertain origin; possibly a Vulgar Latin *bissus, or *bissōne (“double”). Compare Catalan bessó, Franco-Provençal besson and Piedmontese bësson

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besson m (plural bessons, feminine bessona, feminine plural bessonas)

1. twin