poumon
French, noun/pu.mɔ̃/
poumon is spelled P-O-U-M-O-N (6 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poumon is a French masculine noun meaning “lung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Viscère spongieux renfermé dans l’intérieur de la poitrine et qui est le principal organe de la respiration”.
What does poumon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelung
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Viscère spongieux renfermé dans l’intérieur de la poitrine et qui est le principal organe de la respiration. 2. Chacune des deux parties qui forment cet organe et qui sont séparées l’une de l’autre par le médiastin et par le cœur. 3. Souffle ; force pulmonaire. 4. Sein.
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 poumon
- poumons plural
- pomon alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poumon?
- /pu.mɔ̃/
- \pu.mɔ̃\
- \pu.ˈmɔŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poumon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poumon in French?
poumon appears 4.6 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).