argousier
French, noun/aʁ.ɡu.zje/
argousier is spelled A-R-G-O-U-S-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argousier is a French masculine noun meaning “sea buckthorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des noms vernaculaires de Hippophae rhamnoides, arbrisseau épineux, à feuilles caduques, de la famille des…”.
What does argousier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesea buckthorn
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des noms vernaculaires de Hippophae rhamnoides, arbrisseau épineux, à feuilles caduques, de la famille des Elaeagnaceae (Elaéagnacées), aux baies globuleuses, les argouses, originaire d'une zone en forme de croissant allant de l'Asie centrale à la Scandinavie en passant par l'Europe de l'ouest.
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 argousier
- argousiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argousier?
- /aʁ.ɡu.zje/
- \aʁ.ɡu.zje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is argousier in French?
argousier appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).