joubarbe
French, noun/ʒu.baʁb/
joubarbe is spelled J-O-U-B-A-R-B-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joubarbe is a French feminine noun meaning “houseleek; Jupiter's beard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Crassulacée toujours verte, dont l’espèce la plus commune croît ordinairement sur les toits et sur les murs…”.
What does joubarbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehouseleek; Jupiter's beard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Crassulacée toujours verte, dont l’espèce la plus commune croît ordinairement sur les toits et sur les murs et se nomme artichaut bâtard.
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 joubarbe
- joubarbes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joubarbe?
- /ʒu.baʁb/
- \ʒu.baʁb\
- [ʒu.baʁb]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is joubarbe in French?
joubarbe appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).