asphodèle
French, noun/as.fɔ.dɛl/
asphodèle is spelled A-S-P-H-O-D-È-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asphodèle is a French masculine noun meaning “asphodel (plant of the genus Asphodelus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plantes herbacées vivaces (Asphodelus L.) appartenant à la famille des Asphodelaceae (anciennement…”.
What does asphodèle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineasphodel (plant of the genus Asphodelus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de plantes herbacées vivaces (Asphodelus L.) appartenant à la famille des Asphodelaceae (anciennement rattaché aux Liliaceae puis, dans les premières classifications phylogénétiques, aux Xanthorrhoeaceae). Ces plantes, à feuillage basal rubané et à hampes florales dressées portant des racèmes de fleurs étoilées blanches, rosées ou jaunes, sont originaires surtout du bassin méditerranéen ; pl
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 asphodèle
- asphodèles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asphodèle?
- /as.fɔ.dɛl/
- \as.fɔ.dɛl\
- [aɬ͡s.fɔ.dɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asphodèle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asphodèle in French?
asphodèle appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).