Definitions for papillon

papillon pap·il·lon

Spelling: [pap-uh-lon; French pa-pee-
IPA: /ˈpæp əˌlɒn; French pa piˈyɔ̃/

Papillon is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in papillon (aillnopp).

Definitions for papillon

noun

  1. one of a breed of toy spaniels having a long, silky coat and large, erect ears held so that they resemble the wings of a butterfly.

Origin of papillon

1905-10; French: butterfly Latin pāpiliōn- (stem of pāpiliō)

Examples for papillon

Address it to papillon (Eugene), driver, care of M. Trigault.

So he readily assented to accompany the Judge, and Colonel papillon, who was no less curious, agreed to go too.

Bombo, the name of a dog, supposed by papillon to be the name of a wood-engraver, 337 n.

Miss papillon called on us yesterday, looking handsomer than ever.

How the attempt was made, and how providentially it failed is told by papillon.

Mary de Medici, her portrait mistaken by papillon and Fournier for a specimen of her own engraving on wood, 461.

The young detective was hastening away, when papillon called him back.

papillon, in his account of the Dance of Death, abounds with inaccuracies.

She adds to her gift the horse papillon and his comrade Benoist.

This is mentioned by M. Peignot, on the authority of papillon.

Word Value for papillon
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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