cespiteux
French, adjective/sɛs.pi.tø/
cespiteux is spelled C-E-S-P-I-T-E-U-X (9 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cespiteux is a French adjective meaning “cespitous (having several stems or trunks from the same root system and close to one another, forming a compact or bushy tuft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui forme des touffes, des mottes ayant la particularité de partager le même réseau de racines”.
What does cespiteux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cespitous (having several stems or trunks from the same root system and close to one another, forming a compact or bushy tuft)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui forme des touffes, des mottes ayant la particularité de partager le même réseau de racines. 2. Se dit d’un groupe de sporophores dont les stipes se rejoignent à leur base.
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 cespiteux
- cespiteuse feminine
- cespiteuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cespiteux?
- /sɛs.pi.tø/
- \sɛs.pi.tø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cespiteux in French?
cespiteux appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).