cotonnier
French, noun/kɔ.tɔ.nje/
cotonnier is spelled C-O-T-O-N-N-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cotonnier is a French masculine noun meaning “cotton (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbuste de la famille des malvacées, aux feuilles palmées, dont les fruits, des capsules ont des fibres de…”.
What does cotonnier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cotton
noun
- 1
masculinecotton (plant)
noun
- 1
masculinecotton worker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au coton.
noun: 1. Arbuste de la famille des malvacées, aux feuilles palmées, dont les fruits, des capsules ont des fibres de coton blanches autour des graines riches en huile (oléagineuses) et en protéines.
noun: 1. Ouvrier qui travaille le coton.
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 cotonnier
- cotonnière feminine
- cotonniers masculine plural
- cotonnières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotonnier?
- /kɔ.tɔ.nje/
- \kɔ.tɔ.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cotonnier in French?
cotonnier appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).