cynoglosse
French, noun\si.nɔ.ɡlɔs\
cynoglosse is spelled C-Y-N-O-G-L-O-S-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cynoglosse is a French feminine noun meaning “hound's tongue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plante herbacée de la famille des Boraginacées comprenant plus d'une trentaine d'espèces, et…”.
What does cynoglosse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehound's tongue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de plante herbacée de la famille des Boraginacées comprenant plus d'une trentaine d'espèces, et également appelée langue-de-chien à cause de la forme de la feuille.
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 cynoglosse
- cynoglosses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cynoglosse?
- \si.nɔ.ɡlɔs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cynoglosse in French?
cynoglosse appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).