bâillon
French, noun/ba.jɔ̃/
bâillon is spelled B-Â-I-L-L-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bâillon is a French masculine noun meaning “gag (a device to restrain speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de bois, de fer, etc., qu’on met de force entre les mâchoires d’une personne pour l’empêcher de…”.
What does bâillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegag (a device to restrain speech)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de bois, de fer, etc., qu’on met de force entre les mâchoires d’une personne pour l’empêcher de parler et de crier, ou dans la gueule d’un animal pour l’empêcher de mordre ou de faire du bruit. 2. Censure, intimidation pour faire taire.
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 bâillon
- bâillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bâillon?
- /ba.jɔ̃/
- /bɑ.jɔ̃/
- \bɑ.jɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bâillon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bâillon in French?
bâillon appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).