chiton
French, noun/ki.tɔ̃/
chiton is a French masculine noun meaning “chiton (clothing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tunique de la Grèce antique portée aussi bien par les hommes que par les femmes”.
What does chiton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechiton (clothing)
noun
- 1
masculinechiton (mollusc)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tunique de la Grèce antique portée aussi bien par les hommes que par les femmes. 2. Mollusque de la classe des Polyplacophora dont la coquille est composée de plusieurs plaques calcaires articulées, d’où leur nom.
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 chiton
- chitons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiton?
- /ki.tɔ̃/
- \ki.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 chiton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiton in French?
chiton appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).