thon
French, noun/tɔ̃/
thon is spelled T-H-O-N (4 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thon is a French masculine noun meaning “tuna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand poisson bleu argenté de la famille des scombridés, au corps allongé et hydrodynamique, très bon nageur…”.
What does thon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetuna
- 2
derogatorymasculinean ugly woman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand poisson bleu argenté de la famille des scombridés, au corps allongé et hydrodynamique, très bon nageur, vivant en banc. 2. Chair de ce poisson. 3. Personne laide.
suffix: 1. Suffixe nominal désignant un évènement caractérisé par l’endurance qu’il requiert.
suffix: 1. Suffixe nominal désignant une collecte de fonds (à but caritatif, ou de soutien).
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 thon
- thons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thon?
- /tɔ̃/
- \tɔ̃\
- [tɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thon in French?
thon appears 3.8 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).