fumeterre
French, noun/fym.tɛʁ/
fumeterre is spelled F-U-M-E-T-E-R-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fumeterre is a French feminine noun meaning “fumitory (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fumariacée à suc amer, employée en médecine comme tonique, il en existe une bonne soixantaine d'espèces…”.
What does fumeterre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefumitory (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fumariacée à suc amer, employée en médecine comme tonique, il en existe une bonne soixantaine d'espèces différentes.
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 fumeterre
- fumeterres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fumeterre?
- /fym.tɛʁ/
- \fym(ə).tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fumeterre in French?
fumeterre appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).