barbon
French, noun/baʁ.bɔ̃/
barbon is a French masculine noun meaning “greybeard (old man)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme d’un âge avancé”.
What does barbon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreybeard (old man)
- 2
masculinebroomsedge (of genus Andropogon)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme d’un âge avancé. 2. Nom vernaculaire de différentes espèces du genre Andropogon.
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 barbon
- barbons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbon?
- /baʁ.bɔ̃/
- \baʁ.bɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbon in French?
barbon 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).