acon
French, noun/a.kɔ̃/
acon is spelled A-C-O-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acon is a French masculine noun meaning “lighter (A flat-bottomed barge used for loading / unloading ships)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chaland à fond plat servant au chargement et au déchargement des navires”.
What does acon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelighter (A flat-bottomed barge used for loading / unloading ships)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chaland à fond plat servant au chargement et au déchargement des navires. 2. Bateau plat dont on se servait pour aller sur les vases, sur les bas-fonds.
noun: 1. Instrument de musique haïtien, sorte de hochet utilisé dans les cérémonies vaudou
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acon
- acons plural
- accon alternative
- açons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acon?
- /a.kɔ̃/
- \a.kɔ̃\
- \a.sɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acon in French?
acon appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).