arboretum
French, noun
arboretum is spelled A-R-B-O-R-E-T-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arboretum is a French masculine noun meaning “arboretum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, arborétum is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of arboretum”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jardin botanique où sont collectionnés des arbres”.
What does arboretum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearboretum
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling of arboretum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jardin botanique où sont collectionnés des arbres.
noun: 1. Jardin botanique où sont collectionnés des arbres.
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 arboretum
- arboretums plural
- arborétum alternative
- arborétums plural
- arboretum
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arboretum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arboretum in French?
arboretum appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).