gardénia
French, noun/ɡaʁ.de.nja/
gardénia is a French masculine noun meaning “gardenia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbrisseau de la famille des Rubiacées, à feuilles lancéolées, luisantes, à grandes fleurs ornementales…”.
What does gardénia mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegardenia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbrisseau de la famille des Rubiacées, à feuilles lancéolées, luisantes, à grandes fleurs ornementales, blanches et odorantes. 2. Fleur de cet arbuste.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de gardénia.
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 gardénia
- gardénias plural
- gardenia
- gardénie
- gardenie obsolete
- gardenias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gardénia?
- /ɡaʁ.de.nja/
- \ɡaʁ.de.nja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gardénia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gardénia in French?
gardénia appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).