canyon
French, noun/ka.ɲɔn/
canyon is spelled C-A-N-Y-O-N (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canyon is a French masculine noun meaning “canyon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gorge très étroite et profondément encaissée, aux versants abrupts, creusée par un cours d’eau dans un…”.
What does canyon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanyon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gorge très étroite et profondément encaissée, aux versants abrupts, creusée par un cours d’eau dans un plateau ou une montagne.
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 canyon
- canyons plural
- cañon alternative
- cagnon obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canyon?
- /ka.ɲɔn/
- \ka.njɔn\
- [ka.njɔn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canyon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canyon in French?
canyon appears 3.0 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).