hélicon
French, noun/e.li.kɔ̃/
hélicon is spelled H-É-L-I-C-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hélicon is a French masculine noun meaning “helicon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument à vent de la famille des tubas qui s'enroule autour des épaules de celui qui en joue”.
What does hélicon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehelicon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument à vent de la famille des tubas qui s'enroule autour des épaules de celui qui en joue.
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 hélicon
- hélicons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hélicon?
- /e.li.kɔ̃/
- \e.li.kɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hélicon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hélicon in French?
hélicon appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).