tison
French, noun/ti.zɔ̃/
tison is spelled T-I-S-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tison is a French masculine noun meaning “firebrand, ember (partially burnt piece of wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reste d’une bûche, d’un morceau de bois, dont une partie a été brûlée”.
What does tison mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirebrand, ember (partially burnt piece of wood)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reste d’une bûche, d’un morceau de bois, dont une partie a été brûlée. 2. Ellipse de tison Gilwell, court morceau de bois attaché à une lanière et constitutif d’une distinction scoute.
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 tison
- tisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tison?
- /ti.zɔ̃/
- \ti.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tison in French?
tison 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).