chrysoprase
French, noun/kʁi.zɔ.pʁaz/
chrysoprase is spelled C-H-R-Y-S-O-P-R-A-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chrysoprase is a French feminine noun meaning “chrysoprase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variété gemme de calcédoine nickélifère”.
What does chrysoprase mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechrysoprase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variété gemme de calcédoine nickélifère.
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 chrysoprase
- chrysoprases plural
- chrysophrase
- chysoprasus
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chrysoprase?
- /kʁi.zɔ.pʁaz/
- \kʁi.zɔ.pʁɑz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chrysoprase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chrysoprase in French?
chrysoprase appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).