tapon
French, noun/ta.pɔ̃/
tapon is spelled T-A-P-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapon is a French masculine noun meaning “bung; stopper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoffe, linge, etc., chiffonné et mis en bouchon”.
What does tapon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebung; stopper
- 2
Quebecmasculineload; shedload
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoffe, linge, etc., chiffonné et mis en bouchon. 2. Pièce de toile servant à boucher un trou dans la voile d’un bateau. 3. Grosse boucle de cheveux à la mode pour les femmes sous le règne de Louis XIV. 4. Grande quantité.
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 tapon
- tapons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tapon?
- /ta.pɔ̃/
- \ta.pɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tapon in French?
tapon appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).