arec
French, noun/a.ʁɛk/
arec is spelled A-R-E-C (4 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arec is a French masculine noun meaning “areca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Autre nom de l'aréquier, ou palmier à bétel (Areca catechu) qui produit le fruit appelé noix d’arec, d'où…”.
What does arec mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineareca
- 2
masculineareca nut
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Autre nom de l'aréquier, ou palmier à bétel (Areca catechu) qui produit le fruit appelé noix d’arec, d'où l'on tire la chique à bétel, ou simplement bétel, ou paan, pâte à mastiquer très prisée comme stimulant et agent psychoactif en Asie.
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 arec
- arecs plural
- arèque
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arec?
- /a.ʁɛk/
- \a.ʁɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arec in French?
arec appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).