giroflier
French, noun/ʒi.ʁɔ.fli.je/
giroflier is spelled G-I-R-O-F-L-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Giroflier is a French masculine noun meaning “clove plant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbre de la famille des Myrtacées, qui porte le clou de girofle”.
What does giroflier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclove plant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbre de la famille des Myrtacées, qui porte le clou de girofle.
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 giroflier
- girofliers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce giroflier?
- /ʒi.ʁɔ.fli.je/
- \ʒi.ʁɔ.fli.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is giroflier in French?
giroflier appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).