patachon
French, noun/pa.ta.ʃɔ̃/
patachon is spelled P-A-T-A-C-H-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patachon is a French masculine noun meaning “coach driver (driver of a patache)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conducteur de diligence nommée patache”.
What does patachon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoach driver (driver of a patache)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conducteur de diligence nommée patache. 2. Marin qui sert à bord d'un navire nommé patache. 3. Douanier naviguant sur une patache du service des douanes.
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 patachon
- patachons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patachon?
- /pa.ta.ʃɔ̃/
- \pa.ta.ʃɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patachon in French?
patachon appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).