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absinthe

French, noun

absinthe is spelled A-B-S-I-N-T-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absinthe is a French feminine noun meaning “wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, absinthé is a different word: “containing absinth or wormwood”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Artemisia absinthium variété d’armoise, plante vivace de la famille des Astéracées, très amère…”.

What does absinthe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininewormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

  2. 2

    feminineabsinthe

adjective

as absinthé
  1. 1

    containing absinth or wormwood

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Nom usuel de Artemisia absinthium variété d’armoise, plante vivace de la famille des Astéracées, très amère et aromatique. 2. Liqueur de couleur verte qu’on prépare en faisant infuser les feuilles de la plante dans de l’eau-de-vie. 3. Un verre de cette boisson. 4. Amertume.

noun: 1. Couleur vert-jaune comme la liqueur, plus soutenue que le vert anis. #7FDD4C

adjective: 1. De couleur absinthe, vert-jaune comme la liqueur, plus soutenu que le vert anis. #7FDD4C

adjective: 1. Qui contient de l’absinthe.

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 absinthe

  • absinthes plural
  • absinthée feminine
  • absinthés masculine plural
  • absinthées feminine plural
  • absynthe obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to absinthe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is absinthe in French?

absinthe appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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