balluchon
French, noun/ba.ly.ʃɔ̃/
balluchon is spelled B-A-L-L-U-C-H-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balluchon is a French masculine noun meaning “bundle, especially in a bag carried on a stick over the shoulder, bindle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit paquet de hardes que l’on porte le plus souvent à la main”.
What does balluchon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebundle, especially in a bag carried on a stick over the shoulder, bindle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit paquet de hardes que l’on porte le plus souvent à la main. 2. Équipement de voyage composé d'un sac (souvent en toile) attaché au bout d'un bâton, le bâton étant posé sur l'épaule et le sac pend à l'arrière. 3. Tout ce qui rappelle cette forme.
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 balluchon
- balluchons plural
- baluchon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balluchon?
- /ba.ly.ʃɔ̃/
- \ba.ly.ʃɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balluchon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balluchon in French?
balluchon appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).