clairon
French, noun/klɛ.ʁɔ̃/
clairon is spelled C-L-A-I-R-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clairon is a French masculine noun meaning “bugle (music: a simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de trompette sans piston, utilisée dans les sonneries militaires”.
What does clairon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebugle (music: a simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves)
- 2
masculinebugler (someone who plays the bugle)
- 3
masculineclairon (saxophone register)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de trompette sans piston, utilisée dans les sonneries militaires. 2. Celui qui sonne de cet instrument. 3. Partie du jeu de l’orgue. 4. Espèce d’insecte coléoptère de la famille des cléridés.
noun: 1. Rayon du soleil qui passe lors d’une éclaircie.
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 clairon
- clairons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clairon?
- /klɛ.ʁɔ̃/
- /kle.ʁɔ̃/
- \klɛ.ʁɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clairon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clairon in French?
clairon appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).