fumagine
French, noun/fy.ma.ʒin/
fumagine is spelled F-U-M-A-G-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fumagine is a French feminine noun meaning “sooty mold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite masse de champignons microscopiques, généralement noirs, qui se développent sur le miellat déposé par…”.
What does fumagine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesooty mold
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite masse de champignons microscopiques, généralement noirs, qui se développent sur le miellat déposé par les pucerons (homoptères) sur les organes végétaux.
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 fumagine
- fumagines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fumagine?
- /fy.ma.ʒin/
- \fy.ma.ʒin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fumagine in French?
fumagine appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).