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lanugineux

French, adjective/la.ny.ʒi.nø/

lanugineux is a French adjective meaning “Downy, woolly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de la nature de la laine”.

What does lanugineux mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    rareDowny, woolly.

  2. 2

    Covered with a substance resembling down; lanuginose.

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est de la nature de la laine 2. Qui est couvert d’une espèce de duvet semblable à la laine ou au coton, en parlant de certaines parties de certaines plantes, feuilles, fruits ou tiges.

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 lanugineux

  • lanugineuse feminine
  • lanugineuses feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce lanugineux?

  • /la.ny.ʒi.nø/
  • \la.ny.ʒi.nø\

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