hélianthe
French, noun/e.ljɑ̃t/
hélianthe is spelled H-É-L-I-A-N-T-H-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hélianthe is a French masculine noun meaning “helianthus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plantes de la famille des Astéracées, auquel appartiennent le tournesol et le topinambour”.
What does hélianthe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehelianthus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de plantes de la famille des Astéracées, auquel appartiennent le tournesol et le topinambour.
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 hélianthe
- hélianthes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hélianthe?
- /e.ljɑ̃t/
- \e.ljɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hélianthe in French?
hélianthe appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).