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piéton

French, noun/pje.tɔ̃/

piéton is spelled P-I-É-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piéton is a French masculine noun meaning “pedestrian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui se déplace à pied”.

What does piéton mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    pedestrianized / pedestrianised

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepedestrian

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Piétonnier ; qui est fait pour les gens à pied.

noun: 1. Personne qui se déplace à pied. 2. Facteur rural, messager qui faisait à pied le service de la poste dans les campagnes. 3. Agent de la circulation.

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 piéton

  • piétonne feminine
  • piétons masculine plural
  • piétonnes feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce piéton?

  • /pje.tɔ̃/
  • \pje.tɔ̃\
  • [pje.tɔ̃]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to piéton

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is piéton in French?

piéton appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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