caparaçon
French, noun/ka.pa.ʁa.sɔ̃/
caparaçon is spelled C-A-P-A-R-A-Ç-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caparaçon is a French masculine noun meaning “caparison” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de couverture en coton, en toile ou en cuir que l’on met sur les chevaux”.
What does caparaçon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaparison
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de couverture en coton, en toile ou en cuir que l’on met sur les chevaux. 2. Drap de toile que l’on met sur le dos des bovins ou autre animal de bétail.
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 caparaçon
- caparaçons plural
- carapaçon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caparaçon?
- /ka.pa.ʁa.sɔ̃/
- \ka.pa.ʁa.sɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caparaçon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caparaçon in French?
caparaçon appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).