ficaire
French, noun\fi.kɛʁ\
ficaire is a French masculine noun meaning “lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Ranunculus ficaria L. plante commune dans les prés, du genre Ranunculus”.
What does ficaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel de Ranunculus ficaria L. plante commune dans les prés, du genre Ranunculus.
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 ficaire
- ficaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ficaire?
- \fi.kɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ficaire in French?
ficaire appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).