catalpa
French, noun\ka.tal.pa\
catalpa is spelled C-A-T-A-L-P-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catalpa is a French feminine noun meaning “catalpa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Catalpa bignonioides (ou d'autres arbres du même genre) Arbre d’agrément, originaire de la…”.
What does catalpa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatalpa
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 Catalpa bignonioides (ou d'autres arbres du même genre) Arbre d’agrément, originaire de la Caroline, dont les fleurs, d’un beau blanc marqueté de points rouges et de raies jaunes dans l’intérieur, sont disposées en corymbe à l’extrémité des rameaux.
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 catalpa
- catalpas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catalpa?
- \ka.tal.pa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catalpa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catalpa in French?
catalpa appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).