potiron
French, noun/pɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
potiron is spelled P-O-T-I-R-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potiron is a French masculine noun meaning “pumpkin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de champignon”.
What does potiron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepumpkin
- 2
masculinewinter squash
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de champignon. 2. Nom usuel d'une plante de la famille des Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbita maxima, dont il existe de nombreux cultivars tels ceux nommés communément giraumons, potimarrons ou encore les kabochas du Japon. 3. Fruit de cette plante consommé comme légume.
adjective: 1. Dont la couleur évoque celle du potiron.
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 potiron
- potirons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potiron?
- /pɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
- \pɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃\
- [pɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to potiron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is potiron in French?
potiron appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).