Lestrygon
French, noun/lɛs.tʁi.ɡɔ̃/
Lestrygon is spelled L-E-S-T-R-Y-G-O-N (9 letters). Lestrygon is a French masculine noun meaning “Laestrygon, Laestrygonian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membre d’un peuple de la Sicile, que les poëtes anciens nous ont représenté comme anthropophage”.
What does Lestrygon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineLaestrygon, Laestrygonian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sauvage, cruel, barbare.
noun: 1. Membre d’un peuple de la Sicile, que les poëtes anciens nous ont représenté comme anthropophage. 2. Barbare.
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 Lestrygon
- Lestrygons plural
- Læstrygon alternative archaic
- lestrygons plural masculine
- lestrygonne singular feminine
- lestrygonnes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lestrygon?
- /lɛs.tʁi.ɡɔ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.