papion
French, noun\pa.pjɔ̃\
papion is spelled P-A-P-I-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papion is a French masculine noun meaning “baboon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de singes cynocéphales, dont le babouin est une espèce”.
What does papion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaboon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de singes cynocéphales, dont le babouin est une espèce.
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 papion
- papions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papion?
- \pa.pjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is papion in French?
papion appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).