ballote
French, noun
ballote is spelled B-A-L-L-O-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballote is a French feminine noun meaning “black horehound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of balloter. With an accent, balloté is a different word: “past participle of balloter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné à diverses plantes du genre Ballota de la famille des Lamiacées, en particulier la ballote noire ou…”.
What does ballote mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblack horehound
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of balloter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné à diverses plantes du genre Ballota de la famille des Lamiacées, en particulier la ballote noire ou Ballota nigra, dont un des synonymes est Marrubium nigrum c'est à dire le marrube noir.
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 ballote
- ballotes plural
- ballotée feminine
- ballotés masculine plural
- ballotées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ballote in French?
ballote appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).