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Poisson

Poisson

See also: poisson and poison

English

Noun

Poisson (plural Poissons)

  1. (mathematics) The Poisson distribution.

Proper noun

Poisson

  1. Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician.

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French

Etymology

From poisson "fish"

Proper noun

Poisson

  1. A French metonymic surname.

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poisson

poisson

See also: poison and Poisson

French

Noun

poisson m (plural poissons)

  1. fish (marine animal)

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Old French

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Etymology

First attested as pescion in 980, from peis + -on, peis being from Latin piscis. Peis probably evolved into pescion to avoid confusion with its homonym peis (peace).

Noun

poisson m (oblique plural poissons, nominative singular poissons, nominative plural poisson)

  1. fish

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