carton
French, noun/kaʁ.tɔ̃/
carton is spelled C-A-R-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carton is a French masculine noun meaning “cardboard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Papier gros et raide (plus de 224 g au mètre carré), composé parfois de feuilles collées”.
What does carton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecardboard
- 2
masculinecarton, cardboard box
- 3
masculinetarget
- 4
masculinesketch; cartoon
- 5
masculineinset map
- 6
masculinecard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Papier gros et raide (plus de 224 g au mètre carré), composé parfois de feuilles collées. 2. Carton-pâte qui sert à la fabrication de divers autres objets. 3. Boîte ou emballage, le plus souvent fait de ce matériau. 4. Plaque de carton qui sert de cible dans un tir. → voir faire un carton.
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 carton
- cartons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carton?
- /kaʁ.tɔ̃/
- \kaʁ.tɔ̃\
- [kaʁ.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 carton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carton in French?
carton appears 18 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).