cytise
French, noun/si.tiz/
cytise is a French masculine noun meaning “any of several species of shrubs in the taxonomic family Fabaceae which are, or were at one time, classified in the genus Cytisus, the best…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom désignant plusieurs espèces d’arbres appartenant à des genres différents mais tous de la famille de…”.
What does cytise mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany of several species of shrubs in the taxonomic family Fabaceae which are, or were at one time, classified in the genus Cytisus, the best known being those now in the genus Laburnum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom désignant plusieurs espèces d’arbres appartenant à des genres différents mais tous de la famille de Fabacées : Argyrolobium, Calicotome, Cytisus, Cytisophyllum, Erinacea, Laburnum. 2. Plante de la famille des Fabacées dont une espèce remarquable par l’élégance de ses fleurs est cultivée dans nos jardins sous le nom de faux ébénier , et dont le nom scientifique de genre est Laburnum anagyroides.
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 cytise
- cytises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cytise?
- /si.tiz/
- \si.tiz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cytise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cytise in French?
cytise appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).