pylône
French, noun
pylône is spelled P-Y-L-Ô-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pylône is a French masculine noun meaning “pylon (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, pylone is a different word: “alternative form of pylône”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Double massif de pierre, en forme de pyramide tronquée, qui, dans les temples de l’ancienne Égypte, encadrait…”.
What does pylône mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepylon (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- 2
masculinepylon
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of pylône
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Double massif de pierre, en forme de pyramide tronquée, qui, dans les temples de l’ancienne Égypte, encadrait la principale porte d’entrée. 2. Motif décoratif en forme de piliers quadrangulaires, qui décorent l’entrée d’un monument, d’un pont, d’une avenue. 3. Pylône électrique.
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 pylône
- pylônes plural
- pylones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pylône
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pylône in French?
pylône 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).