ligule
French, noun\li.ɡyl\
ligule is spelled L-I-G-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ligule is a French feminine noun meaning “ligule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appendice de la feuille des graminées”.
What does ligule mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineligule
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appendice de la feuille des graminées. 2. Corolle gamopétale zygomorphe de chacun des fleurons, dits ligulaires, dans le capitule chez les astéracées. 3. Mesure de capacité en usage chez les Romains. 4. Lèvre inférieure de certains insectes.
adjective: 1. Qui a la forme d’une bande étroite, d’une ligule.
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 ligule
- ligules plural
- ligulés plural masculine
- ligulée singular feminine
- ligulées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ligule?
- \li.ɡyl\
- \li.ɡy.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ligule in French?
ligule appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).