cataire
French, noun/ka.tɛʁ/
cataire is spelled C-A-T-A-I-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cataire is a French feminine noun meaning “catnip (Nepeta cataria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vulgaire de Nepeta cataria, plante aromatique de la famille des Lamiacées (mélisse, menthe, thym…), ce…”.
What does cataire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatnip (Nepeta cataria)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait penser au ronronnement du chat.
noun: 1. Nom vulgaire de Nepeta cataria, plante aromatique de la famille des Lamiacées (mélisse, menthe, thym…), ce végétal contient de la népétalactone, substance qui exerce un puissant pouvoir attractif sur les chats.
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 cataire
- cataires plural
- chataire alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cataire?
- /ka.tɛʁ/
- \ka.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cataire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cataire in French?
cataire appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).