guidon
French, noun/ɡi.dɔ̃/
guidon is spelled G-U-I-D-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guidon is a French masculine noun meaning “handlebar (bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicles using the hands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit drapeau d’une compagnie militaire”.
What does guidon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehandlebar (bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicles using the hands)
- 2
masculineguidon (pennant, banner)
- 3
masculinesight (aiming aid at the end of a gun barrel)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit drapeau d’une compagnie militaire. 2. Celui qui portait ce drapeau. 3. Petit drapeau qui sert pour l’alignement dans les manœuvres de l’infanterie. 4. Banderole plus courte et plus large que la flamme, et fendue à son extrémité, qui sert ordinairement à faire des signaux.
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 guidon
- guidons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guidon?
- /ɡi.dɔ̃/
- \ɡi.dɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guidon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guidon in French?
guidon appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).