cambium
French, noun/kɑ̃.bjɔm/
cambium is spelled C-A-M-B-I-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cambium is a French masculine noun meaning “cambium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Méristème secondaire formant une fine couche de cellules indifférenciées entre le xylème secondaire et le…”.
What does cambium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecambium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Méristème secondaire formant une fine couche de cellules indifférenciées entre le xylème secondaire et le phloème secondaire, responsable de la croissance en épaisseur des tiges et des racines chez les plantes ligneuses. Il produit vers l’intérieur le xylème secondaire et vers l’extérieur le phloème secondaire.
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 cambium
- cambiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambium?
- /kɑ̃.bjɔm/
- \kɑ̃.bjɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cambium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cambium in French?
cambium appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).