bedon
French, noun/bə.dɔ̃/
bedon is spelled B-E-D-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 86,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bedon is a French masculine noun meaning “paunch, pot belly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tambour à caisse hémisphérique semblable au nacaire”.
What does bedon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaunch, pot belly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tambour à caisse hémisphérique semblable au nacaire. 2. Bedaine, ventre replet. 3. Homme gros et gras.
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 bedon
- bedons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bedon?
- /bə.dɔ̃/
- \bə.dɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bedon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bedon in French?
bedon appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).