- a former French gold coin worth 20 francs bearing a portrait of either Napoleon I or Napoleon III
- the full name for nap3
- the US name for millefeuille
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
na•po•le•on /nəˈpoʊliən, -ˈpoʊlyən/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Fooda pastry made of thin layers of puff paste and custard or cream filling.
na•po•le•on
(nə pō′lē ən, -pōl′yən),USA pronunciation n.
Na•po•le•on (nə pō′lē ən, -pōl′yən),USA pronunciation n.
- Fooda pastry consisting of thin layers of puff paste interlaid with a cream or custard filling.
- Currencya former gold coin of France, equal to 20 francs and bearing a portrait either of Napoleon I or of Napoleon III.
- Games[Cards.]
- a game in which the players bid for the privilege of naming the trump, stating the number of tricks they propose to win.
- a bid in this game to take all five tricks of a hand.
- French napoléon
- 1805–15
Na•po•le•on (nə pō′lē ən, -pōl′yən),USA pronunciation n.
- a male given name.
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napoleon /nəˈpəʊlɪən/ n
'napoleon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alexander I
- Arc de Triomphe
- Austerlitz
- Barclay de Tolly
- Bautzen
- Beauharnais
- Bernadotte
- Biarritz
- Bonaparte
- Borodino
- Castlereagh
- chauvinism
- compare
- David
- Directory
- Elba
- Empire
- Eugénie
- Ferdinand I
- figure
- follow
- France
- Francis II
- Gance
- Gérard
- Göteborg
- Haussmann
- imperial
- Jena
- Juárez
- Kléber
- Kutuzov
- Leipzig
- Lodi
- Malta
- Marengo
- Marie Louise
- Masséna
- nap
- Napoleonic
- Ney
- Pius VII
- Rowlandson
- Saint Helena
- Sieyès
- Soult
- Sovetsk
- Stein
- Vitoria
- Ajaccio