noun, masculine/aʁ.pɔ̃/plural: harpons
harpoon (spearlike weapon)
Related: harponner, harponneur
Inherited from Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”).