émerillon
French, noun/em.ʁi.jɔ̃/
émerillon is spelled É-M-E-R-I-L-L-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Émerillon is a French masculine noun meaning “swivel (piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme de faucon émerillon (oiseau)”.
What does émerillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswivel (piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis)
- 2
masculinemerlin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonyme de faucon émerillon (oiseau). 2. Meuble représentant le faucon du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de aiglat, aigle, aiglette, aiglettes, aiglons, épervier, faucon, gerfaut et vautour.
noun: 1. Crochet rivé par une petite tige dans une bague pouvant tourner librement 2. Accessoire métallique équipé d’un axe permettant de joindre deux cordes tout en laissant libre un mouvement de rotation. 3. Sorte d’hameçon utilisé pour la pêche au requin.
noun: 1. Ancienne dénomination du teko, langue tupi-guarani parlée par les Teko en Guyane française.
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Émérillons (ou Tekos), leur langue ou leur culture.
noun: 1. Variante de émerillon.
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 émerillon
- émerillons plural
- émérillon alternative
- émérillons plural
- emerillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce émerillon?
- /em.ʁi.jɔ̃/
- /ɛm.ʁi.jɔ̃/
- \ɛm.ʁi.jɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to émerillon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is émerillon in French?
émerillon appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).