linaigrette
French, noun\li.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\
linaigrette is spelled L-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linaigrette is a French feminine noun meaning “cottongrass; cottonsedge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de plantes de la famille des Cyperaceae (Cypéracées), du genre Eriophorum, qui poussent dans les…”.
What does linaigrette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecottongrass; cottonsedge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel de plantes de la famille des Cyperaceae (Cypéracées), du genre Eriophorum, qui poussent dans les marais. 2. Son inflorescence à maturité. 3. Nom usuel de plantes de la famille des Cyperaceae (Cypéracées), de la famille des Cyperaceae (Cypéracées), du genre Trichophorum
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 linaigrette
- linaigrettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linaigrette?
- \li.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is linaigrette in French?
linaigrette appears about once in every 72 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).