chélidoine
French, noun/ke.li.dwan/
chélidoine is spelled C-H-É-L-I-D-O-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chélidoine is a French feminine noun meaning “celandine (Chelidonium)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Papavéracée du genre Chelidonium dont le suc est corrosif”.
What does chélidoine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecelandine (Chelidonium)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Papavéracée du genre Chelidonium dont le suc est corrosif. 2. Sorte d’agate. 3. Pierre dans l’estomac des hirondelles.
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 chélidoine
- chélidoines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chélidoine?
- /ke.li.dwan/
- \ke.li.dwan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chélidoine in French?
chélidoine appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).