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bastidon

French, noun/bas.ti.dɔ̃/

bastidon is spelled B-A-S-T-I-D-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bastidon is a French masculine noun meaning “a small house, typical of Provence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite bastide, maisonnette provençale généralement isolée”.

What does bastidon mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea small house, typical of Provence

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petite bastide, maisonnette provençale généralement isolée.

adjective: 1. Relatif à La Bâtie-Neuve, commune française située dans le département des Hautes-Alpes.

noun: 1. Habitant de La Bâtie-Neuve, commune française située dans le département des Hautes-Alpes.

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 bastidon

  • bastidons plural
  • bastidonne singular feminine
  • bastidonnes plural feminine
  • Bastidons plural
  • Bastidonne feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bastidon?

  • /bas.ti.dɔ̃/
  • \bas.ti.dɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is bastidon in French?

bastidon appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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