fritillary
/fɹəˈtɪləɹi/noun
fritillary is a noun meaning “Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-I-T-I-L-L-A-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fritillary is fritillaries.
What does fritillary mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern.
- 2
Any of several butterflies, of the family Nymphalidae, having wings with black or silvery spots.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fritillary?
- /fɹəˈtɪləɹi/
- /fɹɪˈtɪləɹi/
- /ˈfɹɪtɪləɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fritillary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fritillary
- fritillaries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fritillary?
Fritillary appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fritillary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fritillaire |
| German | Schachblume, Kaiserkrone , Scheckenfalter |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fritillary come from?
From Latin fritillus (“dice-box, or possibly, checkerboard”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).