latanier
French, noun/la.ta.nje/
latanier is spelled L-A-T-A-N-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latanier is a French masculine noun meaning “palmetto, swamp palm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de palmier originaire de La Réunion de l’île Maurice et des Mascareignes et dont les feuilles sont en…”.
What does latanier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepalmetto, swamp palm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de palmier originaire de La Réunion de l’île Maurice et des Mascareignes et dont les feuilles sont en éventail. → voir Latania
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 latanier
- lataniers plural
- ratanier alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce latanier?
- /la.ta.nje/
- [la.tɑ̃.je]
- [ra.tɑ̃.je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to latanier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is latanier in French?
latanier appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).