saxifrage
/ˈsæk.sɪ.frɛɪd͡ʒ/noun
saxifrage is a noun meaning “Any plant in the genus Saxifraga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-X-I-F-R-A-G-E, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of saxifrage is saxifrages.
What does saxifrage mean?
noun
- 1
Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce saxifrage?
- /ˈsæk.sɪ.frɛɪd͡ʒ/
- /ˈsæk.sɪ.frɪd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-saxifrage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of saxifrage
- saxifrages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is saxifrage?
Saxifrage appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).
Saxifrage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | saxifrage |
| German | Steinbrech |
| Portuguese | saxífraga |
| Spanish | saxifraga |
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 saxifrage come from?
From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”). Doublet of sassafras.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).