corme
French, noun/kɔʁm/
corme is spelled C-O-R-M-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corme is a French masculine noun meaning “corm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organe de réserve souterrain morphologiquement proche du bulbe mais formé d’une tige renflée entourée…”.
What does corme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecorm
noun
- 1
femininesorb, sorb-apple
- 2
Switzerlandfemininesynonym of cornouille (“cornel”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organe de réserve souterrain morphologiquement proche du bulbe mais formé d’une tige renflée entourée d’écailles.
noun: 1. Fruit acide en forme de petite poire produit par le cormier ou sorbier domestique (Sorbus domestica). Ce fruit se mange blet. 2. Cornouille, fruit du cornouiller mâle.
noun: 1. Boisson fermentée faite avec des cormes.
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 corme
- cormes plural
- cormus
- cormés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corme?
- /kɔʁm/
- \kɔʁm\
- [kɔʁm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corme in French?
corme appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).