félon
French, noun/fe.lɔ̃/
félon is spelled F-É-L-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Félon is a French masculine noun meaning “traitor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vassal qui manque à la foi due à son seigneur”.
What does félon mean in English?
adjective
- 1
treacherous, perfidious
noun
- 1
masculinetraitor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sous le régime féodal, qui fait quelque chose contre la foi due à son seigneur ; déloyal. 2. Traître.
noun: 1. Vassal qui manque à la foi due à son seigneur. 2. Traître.
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 félon
- félonne feminine
- félons masculine plural
- félonnes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce félon?
- /fe.lɔ̃/
- \fe.lɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is félon in French?
félon appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).