centon
French, noun/sɑ̃.tɔ̃/
centon is spelled C-E-N-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centon is a French masculine noun meaning “cento” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de poésie composée de vers ou fragments de vers pris de quelque auteur célèbre”.
What does centon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecento
- 2
masculinemotley
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de poésie composée de vers ou fragments de vers pris de quelque auteur célèbre. 2. Ouvrage littéraire ou musical rempli de morceaux empruntés. 3. Étoffe, vêtement bigarré. 4. Habit des paysans, couverture des soldats.
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 centon
- centons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centon?
- /sɑ̃.tɔ̃/
- \sɑ̃.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is centon in French?
centon appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).