sayon
French, noun/sɛ.jɔ̃/
sayon is spelled S-A-Y-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sayon is a French masculine noun meaning “sagum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de casaque ouverte que portaient anciennement les paysans, les soldats”.
What does sayon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoletecassock, (coarse) jacket
- 2
masculinesagum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de casaque ouverte que portaient anciennement les paysans, les soldats. 2. Casaque de guerre, portée par les soldats gaulois, puis par les romains.
noun: 1. Variante de sillon.
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 sayon
- sayons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sayon?
- /sɛ.jɔ̃/
- /se.jɔ̃/
- \sɛ.jɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sayon in French?
sayon appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).