écusson
French, noun/e.ky.sɔ̃/
écusson is spelled É-C-U-S-S-O-N (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Écusson is a French masculine noun meaning “insignia, badge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit écu”.
What does écusson mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinsignia, badge
- 2
masculineescutcheon
- 3
masculinebark of a tree containing what will become a bud (used in grafting)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit écu. 2. Petit écu qui en charge un plus grand. 3. Petite pièce de tissu cousue sur un vêtement et servant d'insigne, de badge ou de décoration. 4. Tablette ou cartouche portant des figures, des inscriptions, des pièces héraldiques.
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 écusson
- écussons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce écusson?
- /e.ky.sɔ̃/
- \e.ky.sɔ̃\
- [ekysɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to écusson
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is écusson in French?
écusson appears 1.3 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).