manioc
French, noun/ma.njɔk/
manioc is spelled M-A-N-I-O-C (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manioc is a French masculine noun meaning “cassava, manioc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbrisseau d’Amérique du Sud, de la famille des euphorbiacées, dont le nom scientifique est Manihot esculenta…”.
What does manioc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecassava, manioc
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbrisseau d’Amérique du Sud, de la famille des euphorbiacées, dont le nom scientifique est Manihot esculenta et qui est cultivé en zone intertropicale pour ses tubercules, ainsi que dans certains pays pour consommer les feuilles cuites. 2. Tubercule racinaire de cette plante qui est râpé afin de confectionner un pain nommé cassave et une fécule nutritive appelée tapioca.
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 manioc
- maniocs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manioc?
- /ma.njɔk/
- \ma.njɔk\
- [ma.njɔk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manioc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manioc in French?
manioc appears 1.1 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).