asclépiade
French, noun/as.kle.pjad/
asclépiade is spelled A-S-C-L-É-P-I-A-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asclépiade is a French masculine noun meaning “Asclepiad; ellipsis of vers asclépiade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substantivation de l’adjectif”.
What does asclépiade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Asclepiadean
noun
- 1
masculineAsclepiad; ellipsis of vers asclépiade
noun
- 1
feminineasclepias
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est composé d’un spondée, de deux choriambes et d’un ïambe.
noun: 1. Substantivation de l’adjectif.
noun: 1. Genre de plantes à fleurs qui produit des graines laineuses, dont une seule espèce, le dompte-venin, croît naturellement dans nos climats.
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 asclépiade
- asclépiades plural
- asclépias
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asclépiade?
- /as.kle.pjad/
- \as.kle.pjad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is asclépiade in French?
asclépiade appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).