claironner
\klɛ.ʁɔ.ne\
The verdict
“claironner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jouer du clairon, en particulier pour transmettre un ordre (sonnerie militaire).
Corpus desk
Index FR-claironner · claironner · French
claironner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claironner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \klɛ.ʁɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « claironner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
claironner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \klɛ.ʁɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for claironner, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is claironner, spelled C-L-A-I-R-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Jouer du clairon, en particulier pour transmettre un ordre (sonnerie militaire).
- 2Proclamer, clamer d’une façon éclatante, bruyante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how claironner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis j’ai vu bien d’autres choses : Une ville. L’ennemi claironne aux portes.
La corne claironne le rassemblement des troupes. Officiers et sous-officiers transmettent les ordres à leurs hommes.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.