laiton
French, noun/lɛ.tɔ̃/
laiton is spelled L-A-I-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laiton is a French masculine noun meaning “brass (the alloy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alliage de cuivre (entre 60 et 80%) et de zinc (entre 20 et 40%), parfois avec d’autre métaux comme le plomb…”.
What does laiton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrass (the alloy)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alliage de cuivre (entre 60 et 80%) et de zinc (entre 20 et 40%), parfois avec d’autre métaux comme le plomb, l’étain, le nickel, le chrome ou le magnésium.
noun: 1. Jeune cochon qui n'est pas encore sevré.
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 laiton
- laitons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laiton?
- /lɛ.tɔ̃/
- /le.tɔ̃/
- \lɛ.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laiton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laiton in French?
laiton appears 1.4 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).