laiteron
French, noun/lɛ.tʁɔ̃/
laiteron is spelled L-A-I-T-E-R-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written French, the 273,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laiteron is a French masculine noun meaning “sow thistle (Sonchus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sonchus, genre de plantes de la famille des Astéracées (Asteraceae). Les laiterons sont laticifères”.
What does laiteron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesow thistle (Sonchus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sonchus, genre de plantes de la famille des Astéracées (Asteraceae). Les laiterons sont laticifères. 2. Laiteron maraîcher (Sonchus oleraceus L.).
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 laiteron
- laiterons plural
- laicteron obsolete
- laitron
- lasseron
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laiteron?
- /lɛ.tʁɔ̃/
- /le.tʁɔ̃/
- \lɛ.tʁɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is laiteron in French?
laiteron appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).