myrmidon
French, noun\miʁ.mi.dɔ̃\
myrmidon is spelled M-Y-R-M-I-D-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Myrmidon is a French masculine noun meaning “myrmidon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de mirmidon”.
What does myrmidon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemyrmidon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de mirmidon.
noun: 1. La plus petite espèce de fourmilier, mesurant entre 32 et 52 cm de long.
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 myrmidon
- myrmidons plural
- myrmidone feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce myrmidon?
- \miʁ.mi.dɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is myrmidon in French?
myrmidon appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).