mâchon
French, noun/ma.ʃɔ̃/
mâchon is spelled M-Â-C-H-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mâchon is a French masculine noun meaning “a simple restaurant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Restaurant simple”.
What does mâchon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea simple restaurant
- 2
masculinea traditional breakfast meal of cuts of pork offal, characteristic of Lyon.
- 3
masculinesnack
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Restaurant simple. 2. Repas traditionnel servi le matin dans la région lyonnaise. 3. Casse-croûte.
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 mâchon
- mâchons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mâchon?
- /ma.ʃɔ̃/
- /mɑ.ʃɔ̃/
- \mɑ.ʃɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mâchon in French?
mâchon appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).