Standard Lemma guide

quillon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪlən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkijɔ̃/ following the French word
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈkwɪlən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪlənz/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkijɔ̃/ following the French word, same as the singular
  • General-American: /ˈkwɪlənz/
  • CMU ARPABET: K W IH1 L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of crossguard (“a metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonym: hilt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: guard, crossguard

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Either of the two arms of a crossguard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

Examples

  • Holonyms: crossguard, guard < hilt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French quillon (literally “little ninepin”), from quille (“club; ninepin, skittle”) (from the similar appearance) + -on (diminutive suffix). Quille is derived from Middle High German kegel (“club”), from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil (“pile, pole, stake; peg, pin”), from *kagō (“bush, shrub”) + *-il (diminutive suffix).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kullon — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Assamese: কুইলিয়ন (kuilin) — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Italian: quillone — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Japanese: クィリオン — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Mongolian: квиллон (kvillon) — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Persian: میلیارد — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Polish: jelec — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Russian: кильон (kilʹon) — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Serbo-Croatian: kilon — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Tajik: килон (kilon) — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Thai: ควิลเลียน — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Tibetan: ཁུ་ལི་ཡན། (khu li yan) — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Yiddish: קוויליאָן (kvilyon) — synonym of crossguard (cognates) — see also crossguard
  • Finnish: väistimen pää — either of the two arms of a crossguard
  • French: quillon — either of the two arms of a crossguard