canton
French, noun/kɑ̃.tɔ̃/
canton is spelled C-A-N-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canton is a French masculine noun meaning “canton (of Switzerland, France, Luxembourg or Bosnia-Herzegovina)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Certaine partie d’un pays considérée comme distincte du reste de ce pays”.
What does canton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanton (of Switzerland, France, Luxembourg or Bosnia-Herzegovina)
- 2
masculinetownship (of Canada)
- 3
masculinecanton
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Certaine partie d’un pays considérée comme distincte du reste de ce pays. 2. Une certaine étendue ; massif, morceau d’une forêt physiquement séparé des autres. 3. Subdivision administrative du territoire français. 4. État qui compose la Confédération suisse.
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 canton
- cantons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canton?
- /kɑ̃.tɔ̃/
- \kɑ̃.tɔ̃\
- [kɑ̃.tɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canton in French?
canton appears 14 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).