ciron
French, noun\si.ʁɔ̃\
ciron is spelled C-I-R-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciron is a French masculine noun meaning “ciron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acarien qui se développe sur la croûte du fromage, du jambon, dans la farine, et qui est le plus petit des…”.
What does ciron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineciron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acarien qui se développe sur la croûte du fromage, du jambon, dans la farine, et qui est le plus petit des animaux visibles à l’œil nu. 2. , en particulier par référence à Blaise Pascal. Être d’une extrême petitesse. 3. Personne qui agit avec petitesse.
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 ciron
- cirons plural
- céron
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciron?
- \si.ʁɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ciron in French?
ciron appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).