bicorne
French, noun\bi.kɔʁn\
bicorne is spelled B-I-C-O-R-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bicorne is a French masculine noun meaning “bicorn (hat, famously worn by Napoleon Bonaparte)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chapeau bicorne, chapeau muni de deux pointes”.
What does bicorne mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bicorn (having two horns)
noun
- 1
masculinebicorn (hat, famously worn by Napoleon Bonaparte)
- 2
masculinein French fairy tales, a two-horned monster that eats adulterous husbands
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a deux cornes.
noun: 1. Chapeau bicorne, chapeau muni de deux pointes.
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 bicorne
- bicornes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bicorne?
- \bi.kɔʁn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bicorne in French?
bicorne appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).