plançon
French, noun/plɑ̃.sɔ̃/
plançon is spelled P-L-A-N-Ç-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plançon is a French masculine noun meaning “cutting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Branche de saule, de peuplier, d’osier, etc. qu’on sépare du tronc pour la planter en terre et en former une…”.
What does plançon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecutting
- 2
masculinea medieval French infantry weapon, primarily used for smashing and thrusting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Branche de saule, de peuplier, d’osier, etc. qu’on sépare du tronc pour la planter en terre et en former une bouture. 2. Bille de bois prête à passer au banc de sciage pour être débitée
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 plançon
- plançons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plançon?
- /plɑ̃.sɔ̃/
- \plɑ̃.sɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is plançon in French?
plançon appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).