klaxon
French, noun/klak.sɔn/
klaxon is spelled K-L-A-X-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klaxon is a French masculine noun meaning “horn (of car)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avertisseur sonore généralement électrique qui équipe un véhicule automobile”.
What does klaxon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorn (of car)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Avertisseur sonore généralement électrique qui équipe un véhicule automobile.
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 klaxon
- klaxons plural
- claqueson
- claquesonne
- claxon
- klackson
- klacson
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce klaxon?
- /klak.sɔn/
- /klak.sɔ̃/
- \klak.sɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to klaxon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klaxon in French?
klaxon appears 1.0 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).