curcuma
French, noun/kyʁ.ky.ma/
curcuma is spelled C-U-R-C-U-M-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curcuma is a French masculine noun meaning “turmeric (plant, spice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante herbacée rhizomateuse nommée Curcuma longa, vivace, de la famille des Zingibéraceae (Zingibéracées)…”.
What does curcuma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineturmeric (plant, spice)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante herbacée rhizomateuse nommée Curcuma longa, vivace, de la famille des Zingibéraceae (Zingibéracées) originaire du Sud de l’Asie. 2. Épice tirée du rhizome de cette plante.
noun: 1. Genre botanique de la famille des Zingiberaceae (Zingibéracées), qui compte environ 130 espèces et quelques variétés originaires de l’Asie du sud-est, et dont le rhizome de certaines espèces est utilisé en tant qu’épice.
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 curcuma
- curcumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curcuma?
- /kyʁ.ky.ma/
- \kyʁ.ky.ma\
- [kyʁ.ky.ma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to curcuma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curcuma in French?
curcuma appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).