ostracon
French, noun\ɔs.tʁa.kɔ̃\
ostracon is spelled O-S-T-R-A-C-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostracon is a French masculine noun meaning “ostracon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tesson de poterie réutilisé dans l’Antiquité comme support d’écriture ou de dessin, notamment pour servir de…”.
What does ostracon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineostracon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tesson de poterie réutilisé dans l’Antiquité comme support d’écriture ou de dessin, notamment pour servir de bulletin de vote.
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 ostracon
- ostracons plural
- ostraca singular
- ostrakon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ostracon?
- \ɔs.tʁa.kɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ostracon in French?
ostracon appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).