carillón
Spanish, noun[kaɾiˈʝõn]
carillón is spelled C-A-R-I-L-L-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carillón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “carillon (set of bells)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aparato musical instalado en campanarios y compuesto de grandes campanas inteligentemente acordadas, que…”.
What does carillón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarillon (set of bells)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aparato musical instalado en campanarios y compuesto de grandes campanas inteligentemente acordadas, que mediante un teclado se hacen sonar melódicamente. 2. Instrumento de percusión idiófono que consiste en un juego de campanas dispuestas en escala musical que se golpean con un martillo.
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 carillón
- carillones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carillón?
- [kaɾiˈʝõn]
- [kaɾiˈʎõn]
- [kaɾiˈʃõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carillón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carillón in Spanish?
carillón appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).