coton
French, noun/kɔ.tɔ̃/
coton is spelled C-O-T-O-N (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coton is a French masculine noun meaning “cotton (material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fibre textile végétale, issue de la bourre composée de filaments longs, fins, soyeux, qui enveloppe les…”.
What does coton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecotton (material)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fibre textile végétale, issue de la bourre composée de filaments longs, fins, soyeux, qui enveloppe les graines du cotonnier. 2. Duvet formé de poils longs, entrecroisés et crépus, qu’on observe à la surface des fruits, des feuilles, etc., de certains végétaux. 3. Bourre qui enveloppe le bourgeon de la vigne et de quelques autres arbres. 4. Duvet follet qui vient aux joues et au menton des jeunes hommes.
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 coton
- cotons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coton?
- /kɔ.tɔ̃/
- \kɔ.tɔ̃\
- \kɔ.tɔŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coton in French?
coton appears 11 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).