noun, masculine/ʃa.pɔ̃/plural: chapons
capon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof; any castrated male fowl; a large crouton served in a lean soup; garlic bread; Red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)
Inherited from Middle French chappon, from Old French chapon, chiapun, from Vulgar Latin *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare Catalan capó, English capon, Italian cappone, Occitan capon, Portuguese capão, Spanish capón.