témoin
French, noun/te.mwɛ̃/
témoin is spelled T-É-M-O-I-N (6 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written French, the 2,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Témoin is a French masculine noun meaning “witness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui certifie ou qui peut certifier une chose qu’elle a vue ou entendue”.
What does témoin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewitness
- 2
masculinebest man
- 3
masculinebaton
- 4
masculineindicator
- 5
masculinecontrol, control group
- 6
masculineellipsis of témoin de navigation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui certifie ou qui peut certifier une chose qu’elle a vue ou entendue. 2. Chose qui peut servir d’indice, ou d’une sorte de preuve, ordinairement dans une affaire criminelle. 3. Personnes dont on se fait assister pour certains actes. 4. Ceux qui accompagnent un homme qui doit se battre en duel.
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 témoin
- témoins plural
- témoignesse feminine rare
- témouine feminine nonstandard
- témointe feminine nonstandard
- témoigne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce témoin?
- /te.mwɛ̃/
- \te.mwɛ̃\
- [œ̃ te.mwɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to témoin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is témoin in French?
témoin appears 27 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).