santon
French, noun/sɑ̃.tɔ̃/
santon is spelled S-A-N-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santon is a French masculine noun meaning “santon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom de certains ermites, saints hommes chez les musulmans”.
What does santon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesanton
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom de certains ermites, saints hommes chez les musulmans. 2. Petit monument contenant le tombeau d’un saint homme musulman.
noun: 1. Figurine que l’on place dans les crèches à Noël.
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 santon
- santons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce santon?
- /sɑ̃.tɔ̃/
- \sɑ̃.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is santon in French?
santon appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).