chiffon
French, noun/ʃi.fɔ̃/
chiffon is spelled C-H-I-F-F-O-N (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiffon is a French masculine noun meaning “rag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mauvais linge, mauvais morceau d’étoffe ou rognure d’une étoffe neuve, utilisé pour nettoyer”.
What does chiffon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerag
parler chiffons, causer chiffons
- 2
masculinescrap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mauvais linge, mauvais morceau d’étoffe ou rognure d’une étoffe neuve, utilisé pour nettoyer. 2. Crêpe légère et souple, souvent de soie. 3. Tout ajustement de femme qui ne sert qu’à la parure. 4. Écrit dont le contenu n’est d’aucune importance, d’aucune valeur, brouillon.
adjective: 1. Saoul.
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 chiffon
- chiffons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiffon?
- /ʃi.fɔ̃/
- \ʃi.fɔ̃\
- [ʃi.fɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chiffon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiffon in French?
chiffon appears 1.7 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).