picon
French, noun
picon is a French masculine noun meaning “picon (bitter accompanying beer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Picon is a different word: “a French bitter brand”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Laine de rebut qu’on achète chez les fabricants de lainages fins, et qu’on revend aux fabricants de lainages…”.
What does picon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepicon (bitter accompanying beer)
noun
- 1
masculinea French bitter brand
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Laine de rebut qu’on achète chez les fabricants de lainages fins, et qu’on revend aux fabricants de lainages communs.
noun: 1. Picon, apéritif liquoreux et amer.
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 picon
- picons plural
- Picons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is picon in French?
picon 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).