timon
French, noun/ti.mɔ̃/
timon is spelled T-I-M-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Timon is a French masculine noun meaning “drawbar (of cart etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Longue pièce de bois fixée en avant d’une voiture, d’une charrue et aux deux côtés de laquelle on attelle les…”.
What does timon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrawbar (of cart etc.)
- 2
masculinetiller of a rudder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Longue pièce de bois fixée en avant d’une voiture, d’une charrue et aux deux côtés de laquelle on attelle les chevaux, les bœufs, ou un véhicule tracteur. 2. Longue pièce de bois attachée au gouvernail d’un navire et qui sert à le diriger. 3. Gouvernail, direction. 4. Pénis, verge en érection.
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 timon
- timons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce timon?
- /ti.mɔ̃/
- \ti.mɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to timon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timon in French?
timon 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).