alpiste
French, noun/al.pist/
alpiste is spelled A-L-P-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alpiste is a French masculine noun meaning “canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poacée (graminée) du genre Phalaris dont les graines servent à la nourriture des petits oiseaux”.
What does alpiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanary grass (Phalaris canariensis)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poacée (graminée) du genre Phalaris dont les graines servent à la nourriture des petits oiseaux.
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 alpiste
- alpistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alpiste?
- /al.pist/
- \al.pist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alpiste in French?
alpiste appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).