merlon
French, noun/mɛʁ.lɔ̃/
merlon is spelled M-E-R-L-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merlon is a French masculine noun meaning “merlon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie pleine du parapet qui est entre deux embrasures, entre deux créneaux”.
What does merlon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemerlon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie pleine du parapet qui est entre deux embrasures, entre deux créneaux. 2. Talus dressé sur une surface pour faire une séparation entre deux parties de l’espace.
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 merlon
- merlons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merlon?
- /mɛʁ.lɔ̃/
- \mɛʁ.lɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merlon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merlon in French?
merlon appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).