circée
French, noun/siʁ.se/
circée is spelled C-I-R-C-É-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circée is a French feminine noun meaning “enchanter's nightshade (Circaea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Circaea, genre de plantes de la famille des Onagracées”.
What does circée mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineenchanter's nightshade (Circaea)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Circaea, genre de plantes de la famille des Onagracées. 2. Circaea lutetiana, la circée de Paris.
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 circée
- circées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circée?
- /siʁ.se/
- \siʁ.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is circée in French?
circée appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).