médaillon
French, noun/me.da.jɔ̃/
médaillon is spelled M-É-D-A-I-L-L-O-N (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Médaillon is a French masculine noun meaning “medallion (large decorative medal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grosse médaille”.
What does médaillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemedallion (large decorative medal)
- 2
masculinemedallion (cut of meat)
- 3
masculinemedallion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grosse médaille. 2. Bas-relief rond, sur lequel est représentée la tête de quelque personnage illustre ou quelque action mémorable. 3. Tableau ou gravure de forme ronde ou ovale. 4. Morceau, tranche de viande ou de poisson, plus ou moins rond.
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 médaillon
- médaillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce médaillon?
- /me.da.jɔ̃/
- \me.da.jɔ̃\
- [me.da.jɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to médaillon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is médaillon in French?
médaillon appears 2.0 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).