callune
French, noun\ka.lyn\
callune is spelled C-A-L-L-U-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Callune is a French feminine noun meaning “ling, heather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de bruyère de la famille des Éricacées, de nom scientifique Calluna vulgaris”.
What does callune mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineling, heather
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de bruyère de la famille des Éricacées, de nom scientifique Calluna vulgaris.
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 callune
- callunes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce callune?
- \ka.lyn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to callune
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is callune in French?
callune appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).