slavon
French, noun/sla.vɔ̃/
slavon is spelled S-L-A-V-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slavon is a French masculine noun meaning “Slavonic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue slave la plus ancienne qui soit attestée”.
What does slavon mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Slavonia; Slavonic
Des étoles de l'Église grecque, (...) des dalmatiques russes d'orfroi, (...) des chapes en brocart, ramagées de lettres slavones figurées par des pierres de l'Oural et des rangs de perles.
- 2
of the Slavonic language; Slavonic
la langue slavonne.
noun
- 1
masculineSlavonic
Pour le slave, on se fondait exclusivement sur le slavon ou paléoslave, connu au Xe siècle, parce que les autres sont connus à date plus basse.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui habite ou est originaire de la Slavonie. 2. Qui concerne le slavon.
noun: 1. Langue slave la plus ancienne qui soit attestée. 2. Langue liturgique de l’orthodoxie orientale.
noun: 1. Habitant de la Slavonie. 2. Slave.
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 slavon
- slavonne feminine
- slavons masculine plural
- slavonnes feminine plural
- Slavons plural
- Slavonne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce slavon?
- /sla.vɔ̃/
- \sla.vɔ̃\
- [sla.vɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to slavon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is slavon in French?
slavon appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).