gnomon
French, noun/ɡnɔ.mɔ̃/
gnomon is spelled G-N-O-M-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gnomon is a French noun meaning “gnomon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cadran solaire simple qui marque les heures par la direction de l’ombre sur un plan ou sur une surface courbe”.
What does gnomon mean in English?
noun
- 1
gnomon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cadran solaire simple qui marque les heures par la direction de l’ombre sur un plan ou sur une surface courbe.
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 gnomon
- gnomons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gnomon?
- /ɡnɔ.mɔ̃/
- \ɡnɔ.mɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gnomon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gnomon in French?
gnomon appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).