chapon
French, noun/ʃa.pɔ̃/
chapon is spelled C-H-A-P-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chapon is a French masculine noun meaning “capon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coq châtré que l’on engraisse”.
What does chapon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecapon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof
- 2
masculineany castrated male fowl
- 3
masculinea large crouton served in a lean soup
- 4
masculinegarlic bread
- 5
masculineRed scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coq châtré que l’on engraisse. 2. Mâle châtré d'une autre espèce de volaille. 3. Gros morceau de pain qu’on met bouillir dans le pot et qu’on sert sur un potage maigre. 4. Croûte de pain frottée d’ail qu’on met dans une salade.
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 chapon
- chapons plural
- chaponne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chapon?
- /ʃa.pɔ̃/
- \ʃa.pɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chapon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chapon in French?
chapon appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).