barbillon
French, noun/baʁ.bi.jɔ̃/
barbillon is spelled B-A-R-B-I-L-L-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbillon is a French masculine noun meaning “barbel (sensory organ of a fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Filament que l’on trouve de chaque côté de la bouche de certains poissons et des insectes”.
What does barbillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarbel (sensory organ of a fish)
- 2
masculinewattle (flap hanging from chicken beak)
- 3
masculineyoung barbel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Filament que l’on trouve de chaque côté de la bouche de certains poissons et des insectes. 2. Poisson doté de barbillon, notamment le barbeau. 3. Replis membraneux placés sous la langue du cheval ou du bœuf et destinés à faciliter les mouvements de cet organe. 4. Plis de chair qui pendent de chaque côté du bec du coq.
noun: 1. Barbeau (poisson) de taille modeste. 2. Barbeau, souteneur, proxénète, maquereau, peu expérimenté.
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 barbillon
- barbillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbillon?
- /baʁ.bi.jɔ̃/
- \baʁ.bi.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 barbillon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbillon in French?
barbillon appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).