benjoin
French, noun/bɛ̃.ʒwɛ̃/
benjoin is a French masculine noun meaning “benzoin (resin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de baume, substance aromatique et résineuse qui découle des incisions faites au Styrax benjoin, arbre…”.
What does benjoin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebenzoin (resin)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de baume, substance aromatique et résineuse qui découle des incisions faites au Styrax benjoin, arbre d’Extrême-Orient. 2. Nom français de la plante Imperatoria ostruthium L., de la famille des Apiacées.
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 benjoin
- benjoins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce benjoin?
- /bɛ̃.ʒwɛ̃/
- \bɛ̃.ʒwɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to benjoin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is benjoin in French?
benjoin 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).