mascaron
French, noun\mas.ka.ʁɔ̃\
mascaron is spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mascaron is a French masculine noun meaning “mascaron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tête ou masque de fantaisie, d’hommes et d’animaux, en ronde-bosse ou en bas-relief, qu’on met pour ornement…”.
What does mascaron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemascaron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tête ou masque de fantaisie, d’hommes et d’animaux, en ronde-bosse ou en bas-relief, qu’on met pour ornement à la clef des arcades, aux fontaines, à la décoration des objets tels que les vases, etc. 2. Obturateur destiné à boucher un trou prévu pour la pose d'un robinet sur un lavabo, baignoire, etc.
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 mascaron
- mascarons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mascaron?
- \mas.ka.ʁɔ̃\
- [mas.ka.ʁɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mascaron in French?
mascaron 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).