mâcre
French, noun\makʁ\
mâcre is a French masculine noun meaning “water caltrop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire de diverses plantes de la famille des Lythracées (Lythraceae) du genre Trapa, en particulier…”.
What does mâcre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewater caltrop
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de papillon.
noun: 1. Variante de mâcre, plante aquatique.
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de diverses plantes de la famille des Lythracées (Lythraceae) du genre Trapa, en particulier Trapa natans var. bispinosa et Trapa natans. 2. Fruit comestible de ces plantes.
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 mâcre
- mâcres plural
- macres plural
- macre
- macle dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mâcre?
- \makʁ\
- [makʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mâcre in French?
mâcre appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).