histrion
French, noun/is.tʁi.jɔ̃/
histrion is spelled H-I-S-T-R-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Histrion is a French masculine noun meaning “a minstrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Rome antique) Comédien, mime, acteur qui jouait des farces”.
What does histrion mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinea minstrel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Rome antique) Comédien, mime, acteur qui jouait des farces. 2. Mauvais comédien. 3. Personnage qui se donne en spectacle en usant d’effets outranciers.
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 histrion
- histrions plural
- histrionne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce histrion?
- /is.tʁi.jɔ̃/
- \is.tʁi.jɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is histrion in French?
histrion appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).