tesson
French, noun/tɛ.sɔ̃/
tesson is spelled T-E-S-S-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tesson is a French masculine noun meaning “shard (piece of broken glass or pottery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Débris de bouteille cassée, de pot cassé”.
What does tesson mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshard (piece of broken glass or pottery)
noun
- 1
masculineEuropean badger (Meles meles)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Débris de bouteille cassée, de pot cassé. 2. Débris pointu, tranchant, d’autre matériau.
noun: 1. Autre nom du blaireau européen.
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 tesson
- tessons plural
- taisson
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tesson?
- /tɛ.sɔ̃/
- /te.sɔ̃/
- \tɛ.sɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tesson
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tesson in French?
tesson appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).