lapon
French, adjective
lapon is spelled L-A-P-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lapon is a French adjective meaning “of Lapland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Lapon is a different word: “synonym of Sami (“Laplander”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la Laponie”.
What does lapon mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Lapland
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of Sami (“Laplander”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Laponie. 2. Originaire de Laponie, qui provient de cette région. 3. Relatif au lapon comme langue.
noun: 1. Langue finno-ougrienne parlée en Laponie.
noun: 1. Personne qui est originaire de Laponie, Saami.
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 lapon
- lapone feminine
- lapons masculine plural
- lapones feminine plural
- Lapons plural
- Laponne feminine
- Lapone feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lapon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lapon in French?
lapon appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).