péon
French, noun/pe.ɔ̃/
péon is spelled P-É-O-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Péon is a French masculine noun meaning “an agricultural labourer in Mexico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Salarié de bas statut des haciendas (particulièrement un journalier, un domestique, un paysan, etc.)”.
What does péon mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinean agricultural labourer in Mexico
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Salarié de bas statut des haciendas (particulièrement un journalier, un domestique, un paysan, etc.) 2. Torero chargé d’assister le matador. 3. En Inde, un soldat à pied. 4. Unité de type ouvrier qui construit les bâtiments ou récolte les ressources.
noun: 1. Pié. 2. Pied tétrasyllabique, composé d'une longue et de trois brèves. Il en existe quatre différents, en fonction de la position de la valeur longue.
noun: 1. Variante de péon.
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 péon
- péons plural
- péone feminine
- peon
- peons plural
- peones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péon?
- /pe.ɔ̃/
- \pe.ɔn\
- \pe.ɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to péon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is péon in French?
péon appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).