modillon
French, noun/mɔ.di.jɔ̃/
modillon is spelled M-O-D-I-L-L-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modillon is a French masculine noun meaning “corbel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des consoles décoratives disposées régulièrement sous une corniche”.
What does modillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecorbel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des consoles décoratives disposées régulièrement sous une corniche. 2. Ornement propre aux ordres ionique, corinthien et composite, placé sous le larmier de la corniche et figurant l’extrémité des chevrons du comble.
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 modillon
- modillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modillon?
- /mɔ.di.jɔ̃/
- \mɔ.di.jɔ̃\
- [mɔ.di.jɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is modillon in French?
modillon appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).