abelia
French, noun
abelia is spelled A-B-E-L-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abelia is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of abélia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, abélia is a different word: “a shrub member of Abelia”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbuste de la famille des caprifoliacées originaire d’Asie et cultivé pour ses fleurs”.
What does abelia mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerarealternative form of abélia
noun
- 1
masculinea shrub member of Abelia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbuste de la famille des caprifoliacées originaire d’Asie et cultivé pour ses fleurs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abelia
- abélias plural
- abélie alternative
- abelia alternative
- abelias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abelia in French?
abelia appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).