fragon
French, noun/fʁa.ɡɔ̃/
fragon is spelled F-R-A-G-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fragon is a French masculine noun meaning “laurel, butcher's broom (and other plants of the genus Ruscus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante vivace, toujours verte, à tige très rameuse portant des rameaux aplatis (cladodes)”.
What does fragon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelaurel, butcher's broom (and other plants of the genus Ruscus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante vivace, toujours verte, à tige très rameuse portant des rameaux aplatis (cladodes). 2. Synonyme de fragon épineux. (sens étroit)
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 fragon
- fragons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fragon?
- /fʁa.ɡɔ̃/
- \fʁa.ɡɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fragon in French?
fragon appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).