cordon
French, noun/kɔʁ.dɔ̃/
cordon is spelled C-O-R-D-O-N (6 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cordon is a French masculine noun meaning “cord (for connecting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite corde, par exemple utilisée pour tirer un mécanisme, une sonnette, … → voir cordon de tirage et tirer…”.
What does cordon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecord (for connecting)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite corde, par exemple utilisée pour tirer un mécanisme, une sonnette, … → voir cordon de tirage et tirer le cordon 2. Chemin de corde permettant l’ouverture et la fermeture des rideaux. 3. Petite corde au moyen de laquelle ou ouvre ou ferme une porte. 4. Petite corde utilisée pour tenir, accrocher ou serrer. → voir tenir les cordons de la bourse et serrer les cordons de la bourse
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 cordon
- cordons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cordon?
- /kɔʁ.dɔ̃/
- \kɔʁ.dɔ̃\
- [kɔʁ.dɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cordon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cordon in French?
cordon appears 6.3 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).