carillonner
French, verb/ka.ʁi.jɔ.ne/
carillonner is spelled C-A-R-I-L-L-O-N-N-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carillonner is a French verb meaning “to ring, chime, peal (of bells)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sonner le carillon”.
What does carillonner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ring, chime, peal (of bells)
- 2
to proclaim loudly, vehemently
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sonner le carillon. 2. Exécuter un air sur un carillon. 3. Sonner à coups redoublés. 4. Se faire entendre avec éclat.
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 carillonner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- carillonnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- carillonné participle past
- carillonne first-person indicative present
- carillonnes indicative present second-person
- carillonnons first-person indicative plural
- carillonnez indicative plural present
- carillonnent indicative plural present
- carillonnais first-person imperfect indicative
- carillonnait imperfect indicative singular
- carillonnions first-person imperfect indicative
- carillonniez imperfect indicative plural
- carillonnaient imperfect indicative plural
- carillonnai first-person historic indicative
- carillonnas historic indicative past
- carillonna historic indicative past
- carillonnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carillonner?
- /ka.ʁi.jɔ.ne/
- \ka.ʁi.jɔ.ne\
- [ka.ʁi.jɔ.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carillonner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carillonner in French?
carillonner appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).