dromon
French, noun/dʁɔ.mɔ̃/
dromon is spelled D-R-O-M-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dromon is a French masculine noun meaning “dromon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Navire de guerre byzantin, mu par des rames, équipé de feux grégeois et muni d’un éperon”.
What does dromon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedromon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Navire de guerre byzantin, mu par des rames, équipé de feux grégeois et muni d’un éperon. 2. Navire de transport de troupes, navire de guerre à rames.
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 dromon
- dromons plural
- dromond
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dromon?
- /dʁɔ.mɔ̃/
- \dʁɔ.mɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dromon in French?
dromon appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).