bolon
French, noun/bɔ.lɔ̃/
bolon is spelled B-O-L-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bolon is a French masculine noun meaning “bolon (traditional harp)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Harpe-luth à trois cordes du Mali”.
What does bolon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebolon (traditional harp)
noun
- 1
masculineBolon (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Harpe-luth à trois cordes du Mali.
noun: 1. Langue mandingue parlée au Burkina Faso.
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 bolon
- bolons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolon?
- /bɔ.lɔ̃/
- \bɔ.lɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bolon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bolon in French?
bolon appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).