ailante
French, noun/ɛ.lɑ̃t/
ailante is a French masculine noun meaning “tree of heaven” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbre de l’Asie orientale et l'Australasie, dont les feuilles d'une des espèces servent à la nourriture de la…”.
What does ailante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetree of heaven
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbre de l’Asie orientale et l'Australasie, dont les feuilles d'une des espèces servent à la nourriture de la chenille du bombyx de l'ailante.
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 ailante
- ailantes plural
- ailanthe
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ailante?
- /ɛ.lɑ̃t/
- /e.lɑ̃t/
- \ɛ.lɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ailante in French?
ailante appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).