gingembre
French, noun/ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ/
gingembre is spelled G-I-N-G-E-M-B-R-E (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gingembre is a French masculine noun meaning “ginger (spice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante herbacée vivace originaire d’Inde méridionale de nom scientifique Zingiber officinale qui est cultivée…”.
What does gingembre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineginger (spice)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante herbacée vivace originaire d’Inde méridionale de nom scientifique Zingiber officinale qui est cultivée pour son rhizome comestible. 2. Rhizome de cette plante, qui est d’un goût épicé et boisé utilisé en médecine et en cuisine. 3. Plante du genre Zingiber.
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 gingembre
- gingembres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gingembre?
- /ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ/
- \ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ\
- \ʒɛŋ.ˈʒam.bʁə\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gingembre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gingembre in French?
gingembre appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).