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laitue

French, noun/lɛ.ty/

laitue is spelled L-A-I-T-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laitue is a French feminine noun meaning “lettuce (Lactuca)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel donné à la plupart des plantes du genre Lactuca, de la famille des Asteraceae (Astéracées)…”.

What does laitue mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelettuce (Lactuca)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Nom usuel donné à la plupart des plantes du genre Lactuca, de la famille des Asteraceae (Astéracées), produisant du latex, et dont certaines espèces sont cultivées comme plantes potagères. 2. Nom donné à diverses plantes herbacées qui ne sont pas du genre Lactuca, mais qui soit y ressemblent, soit se mangent en crues en salade de la même manière que la laitue.

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 laitue

  • laitues plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce laitue?

  • /lɛ.ty/
  • /le.ty/
  • \lɛ.ty\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to laitue

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is laitue in French?

laitue appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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