belle-de-nuit
\bɛl.də.nɥi\
The verdict
“belle-de-nuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire de Mirabilis jalapa plante exotique de la famille des Nyctaginaceae, dont les fleurs, qui ressemblent à celles du liseron, ne s’épanouissent guère qu’après le coucher du soleil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-belle-de-nuit · belle-de-nuit · French
belle-de-nuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belle-de-nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛl.də.nɥi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « belle-de-nuit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
belle-de-nuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛl.də.nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for belle-de-nuit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is belle-de-nuit, spelled B-E-L-L-E---D-E---N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de Mirabilis jalapa plante exotique de la famille des Nyctaginaceae, dont les fleurs, qui ressemblent à celles du liseron, ne s’épanouissent guère qu’après le coucher du soleil.
- 2Nom vernaculaire de Ipomoea violacea plante annuelle de la famille des Convolvulaceae dont les fleurs s'ouvrent la nuit.
- 3Nom vernaculaire de Epiphyllum oxypetalum, plante de la famille des Cactaceae, nommé ainsi car sa fleur s’ouvre la nuit.
- 4Prostituée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belle-de-nuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors je vois, je sens, j’entends ; la lune réveille les gros papillons ; le vent chaud ouvre les belles-de-nuit ; l’eau des grands bassins s’endort.
Des odeurs pâmées montaient des brins de chèvrefeuille, les corolles des belles-de-nuit jetaient une dernière senteur pénétrante, comme un adieu mélancolique au jour.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.