paillon
French, noun\pa.jɔ̃\
paillon is spelled P-A-I-L-L-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paillon is a French masculine noun meaning “straw mat, straw covering for wine bottles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enveloppe de paille qui sert à emballer des bouteilles”.
What does paillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestraw mat, straw covering for wine bottles
- 2
masculinewicker basket
- 3
masculinemetal foil, paillon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enveloppe de paille qui sert à emballer des bouteilles. 2. Grosse paillette. 3. Lamelles de cuivre battu, très minces, colorées d’un côté, dont les joailliers mettent de petits morceaux au fond des chatons des pierres précieuses et des cristaux. 4. Petit morceau de soudure.
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 paillon
- paillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paillon?
- \pa.jɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paillon in French?
paillon appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).