molleton
French, noun/mɔl.tɔ̃/
molleton is spelled M-O-L-L-E-T-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molleton is a French masculine noun meaning “felt; duffel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoffe de laine, de coton ou de soie, tirée à poil, d’un seul côté ou des deux côtés, douce, chaude et…”.
What does molleton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefelt; duffel
- 2
masculinefleece
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoffe de laine, de coton ou de soie, tirée à poil, d’un seul côté ou des deux côtés, douce, chaude et mollette, dont on fait des couvertures, des gilets, des robes de chambre, etc. 2. Calcaire en poudre (blanc de Meudon, craie, blanc d'Espagne…) malaxé dans l'huile, ce mélange sert à imiter la céruse. 3. Mollets
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 molleton
- molletons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce molleton?
- /mɔl.tɔ̃/
- \mɔl.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to molleton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is molleton in French?
molleton appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).