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flavescent

French, adjective/fla.vɛ.sɑ̃/

flavescent is a French adjective meaning “flavescent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tire sur le jaune, surtout en parlant des blés, des seigles, des avoines quand ils commencent à mûrir”.

What does flavescent mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    flavescent

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui tire sur le jaune, surtout en parlant des blés, des seigles, des avoines quand ils commencent à mûrir.

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 flavescent

  • flavescente feminine
  • flavescents masculine plural
  • flavescentes feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce flavescent?

  • /fla.vɛ.sɑ̃/
  • /fla.ve.sɑ̃/
  • \fla.ve.sɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.