greffon
French, noun/ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃/
greffon is spelled G-R-E-F-F-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Greffon is a French masculine noun meaning “graft, scion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie d’un végétal qu’on greffe sur la tige d’un autre végétal”.
What does greffon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegraft, scion
- 2
masculinegraft, piece of grafted tissue
- 3
masculineplug-in
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie d’un végétal qu’on greffe sur la tige d’un autre végétal. 2. Partie de tissu transplantée dans l’opération de la greffe. 3. Partie de logiciel optionnelle, aussi appelée plugin.
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 greffon
- greffons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce greffon?
- /ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃/
- /ɡʁe.fɔ̃/
- \ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to greffon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is greffon in French?
greffon appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).