involucre
French, noun/ɛ̃.vɔ.lykʁ/
involucre is spelled I-N-V-O-L-U-C-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Involucre is a French masculine noun meaning “involucre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de bractées formant une collerette à la base d’une ombelle ou d’un capitule”.
What does involucre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinvolucre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de bractées formant une collerette à la base d’une ombelle ou d’un capitule. 2. Ensemble de bractées formant une collerette à la base de certaines fleurs isolées comme les anémones et simulant un calice. 3. Contenu de la vésicule acrosomienne.
adjective: 1. Muni d’un involucre. 2. Corrompu, jeu de mot savant sur le latin involucrum (« enveloppe ») et les enveloppes de liquides de la corruption.
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 involucre
- involucres plural
- involucrés plural masculine
- involucrée singular feminine
- involucrées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce involucre?
- /ɛ̃.vɔ.lykʁ/
- \ɛ̃.vɔ.lykʁ\
- \ɛ̃.vɔ.ly.kʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to involucre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is involucre in French?
involucre appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).