échinon
French, noun/e.ʃi.nɔ̃/
échinon is a French masculine noun meaning “an openwork box used to store curd for making cheese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boîte cylindrique, à claire-voie, dans laquelle on met le caillé dont on veut faire du fromage. Faisselle”.
What does échinon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean openwork box used to store curd for making cheese
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Boîte cylindrique, à claire-voie, dans laquelle on met le caillé dont on veut faire du fromage. Faisselle.
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 échinon
- échinons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce échinon?
- /e.ʃi.nɔ̃/
- \e.ʃi.nɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.