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centaurée

French, noun/sɑ̃.tɔ.ʁe/

centaurée is spelled C-E-N-T-A-U-R-É-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centaurée is a French feminine noun meaning “centaury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plantes herbacées assez proches des chardons et des cirses, mais aux feuilles non épineuses et aux…”.

What does centaurée mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecentaury

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Genre de plantes herbacées assez proches des chardons et des cirses, mais aux feuilles non épineuses et aux fleurs en capitules toutes tubulées, celles de la périphérie (souvent stériles) s'ouvrant largement en cinq lobes comme chez le bleuet.→ voir Centaurea

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 centaurée

  • centaurées plural
  • centaure

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce centaurée?

  • /sɑ̃.tɔ.ʁe/
  • \sɑ̃.to.ʁe\
  • [sɑ̃.to.ʁe]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to centaurée

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is centaurée in French?

centaurée appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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