cochon
French, noun/kɔ.ʃɔ̃/
cochon is spelled C-O-C-H-O-N (6 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cochon is a French masculine noun meaning “pig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mammifère domestique, ongulé de l’ordre des suidés ; porc”.
What does cochon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoletepiglet
- 2
masculinepig
- 3
masculineslangdirty pig, swine, contemptible person
adjective
- 1
slangdirty, smutty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mammifère domestique, ongulé de l’ordre des suidés ; porc. 2. Porc mâle et châtré élevé pour l’alimentation. 3. Viande de cet animal, porc, cochonaille. 4. Tirelire très courante en forme de cochon.
adjective: 1. Obscène.
noun: 1. Personne née durant l’année du Cochon du zodiaque chinois.
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 cochon
- cochons plural
- cochonne feminine
- cochonnes feminine plural
- truie feminine
- Cochons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cochon?
- /kɔ.ʃɔ̃/
- \kɔ.ʃɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cochon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cochon in French?
cochon appears 8.1 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).