lentisque
French, noun/lɑ̃.tisk/
lentisque is spelled L-E-N-T-I-S-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lentisque is a French masculine noun meaning “lentisk, mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbrisseau qui croît dans le Midi et en Italie et dont on tire la résine connue sous le nom de mastic”.
What does lentisque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelentisk, mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbrisseau qui croît dans le Midi et en Italie et dont on tire la résine connue sous le nom de mastic.
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 lentisque
- lentisques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lentisque?
- /lɑ̃.tisk/
- \lɑ̃.tisk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lentisque in French?
lentisque appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).