achillée
French, noun/a.ki.le/
achillée is spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-É-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achillée is a French feminine noun meaning “yarrow (any of several pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plantes herbacées vivaces de la famille des Astéracées (anciennement des Composées) à fleurs radiées…”.
What does achillée mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineyarrow (any of several pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de plantes herbacées vivaces de la famille des Astéracées (anciennement des Composées) à fleurs radiées et disposées en corymbe (feuilles alternes).
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 achillée
- achillées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achillée?
- /a.ki.le/
- \a.ki.le\
- \a.ʃi.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to achillée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achillée in French?
achillée appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).