bignone
French, noun/bi.ɲɔn/
bignone is spelled B-I-G-N-O-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bignone is a French feminine noun meaning “crossvine (of the genus Bignonia, or several similar plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné à quelques genres de Bignoniacées, dont Campsis, Podranea, Bignonia, etc. ; quelques exemples en…”.
What does bignone mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrossvine (of the genus Bignonia, or several similar plants)
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 quelques genres de Bignoniacées, dont Campsis, Podranea, Bignonia, etc. ; quelques exemples en sont : 2. la bignone de Chine 3. la bignone rose ^([1]) 4. la bignone à fleurs jaunes ou trompette de Virginie, ou jasmin de Virginie ou jasmin-trompette (Campsis radicans)
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 bignone
- bignones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bignone?
- /bi.ɲɔn/
- \bi.ɲɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bignone in French?
bignone appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).