airón
Spanish, noun[ajˈɾõn]
airón is spelled A-I-R-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Airón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “heron (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Garza real”.
What does airón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheron (bird)
- 2
masculinetuft (on hat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Garza real. 2. Penacho de plumas que tienen en la cabeza algunas aves. 3. Adorno de plumas, o de cosa que las imite, en cascos, sombreros, gorras, etc., o en el tocado de las mujeres.
adjective: 1. Úsase solo en la locución sustantiva "pozo airón".
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of airón
- airones plural
- airona feminine
- aironas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce airón?
- [ajˈɾõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is airón in Spanish?
airón appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).