mousqueton
French, noun/mus.kə.tɔ̃/
mousqueton is spelled M-O-U-S-Q-U-E-T-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 64,346th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mousqueton is a French masculine noun meaning “musketoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne arme à feu, du même calibre que le mousquet, mais plus courte que celui-ci”.
What does mousqueton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemusketoon
noun
- 1
masculinecarabiner (metal link with a gate)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne arme à feu, du même calibre que le mousquet, mais plus courte que celui-ci. 2. Fusil court, dont étaient armés les cavaliers, les servants d’artillerie et les mitrailleurs d’infanterie, et qui peut être porté en bandoulière. 3. Porte-mousqueton, sorte de crochet à déclic qui s’ouvre et se ferme pour recevoir un anneau.
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 mousqueton
- mousquetons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mousqueton?
- /mus.kə.tɔ̃/
- \mus.kə.tɔ̃\
- [mus.kə.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 mousqueton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mousqueton in French?
mousqueton appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).