porion
French, noun\pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\
porion is spelled P-O-R-I-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porion is a French masculine noun meaning “porion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contremaître dans les houillères”.
What does porion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineporion
- 2
masculineoverseer, supervisor at a coal mine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contremaître dans les houillères.
noun: 1. Points de repérage craniométrique, se situant au niveau du canal auditif externe
noun: 1. Narcisse des prés.
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 porion
- porions plural
- porillon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porion?
- \pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is porion in French?
porion appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).