crucifère
\kʁy.si.fɛʁ\
The verdict
“crucifère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont les fleurs ont leurs pétales disposés en forme de croix, telles que le cresson, le chou, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crucifere · crucifère · French
crucifère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crucifère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʁy.si.fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crucifère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crucifère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kʁy.si.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crucifère, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crucifère, spelled C-R-U-C-I-F-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Dont les fleurs ont leurs pétales disposés en forme de croix, telles que le cresson, le chou, etc.
- 2Qui porte une croix.
- 3Qui comporte une croix.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crucifère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On trouve dans les plantes de cette famille un principe volatil âcre, stimulant, assez analogue à celui que l’on observe dans les plantes crucifères, dont les Capparidacées se rapprochent beaucoup par les caractères botaniques.
À partir de la légende de saint Eustache, le motif du cerf messager divin se répand dans les vies de saints. Ainsi dans celle de saint Hubert, à partir de la Vita Quarta (moitié du 15^(ème) siècle), où un cerf crucifère, qui n’est pas encore blanc, invite Hubert à se convertir.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.