lilas
French, noun/li.la/
lilas is spelled L-I-L-A-S (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lilas is a French masculine noun meaning “lilac (plant and colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbuste ornemental à feuilles opposées simples cultivés pour les petites fleurs odorantes dont la couleur…”.
What does lilas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelilac (plant and colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbuste ornemental à feuilles opposées simples cultivés pour les petites fleurs odorantes dont la couleur varie selon les espèces et les variétés, en particulier le lilas commun. 2. Fleur de cet arbuste. 3. Parfum de cette fleur. 4. Couleur bleue mêlée de rouge, qui est le plus ordinairement celle du lilas. #B666D2
adjective: 1. Violet pâle. #B666D2
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 lilas
- lilac alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lilas?
- /li.la/
- /li.lɑ/
- \li.lɑ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lilas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lilas in French?
lilas appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).