campêche
French, noun\kɑ̃.pɛʃ\
campêche is spelled C-A-M-P-Ê-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Campêche is a French masculine noun meaning “logwood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Haematoxylum campechianum arbre de la famille des Fabaceae originaire du Yucatan, du Honduras et…”.
What does campêche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelogwood
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel de Haematoxylum campechianum arbre de la famille des Fabaceae originaire du Yucatan, du Honduras et du Guatemala, très dur et très pesant, qui fournit une teinture allant du rouge au violet sombre. 2. Matière colorante extraite de cet arbre (voir hématine, hématoxyline). 3. Vin coloré au campêche.
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 campêche
- campêches plural
- campêcher
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce campêche?
- \kɑ̃.pɛʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to campêche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is campêche in French?
campêche appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).