maranta
French, noun\ma.ʁɑ̃.ta\
maranta is spelled M-A-R-A-N-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maranta is a French feminine noun meaning “arrowroot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plantes monocotylédones de la famille des Marantacées, composé d’environ 20 espèces de vivaces…”.
What does maranta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinearrowroot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de plantes monocotylédones de la famille des Marantacées, composé d’environ 20 espèces de vivaces rhizomateuses à feuillage persistant, poussant dans la forêt humide tropicale, en Amérique centrale et en Amérique du Sud. 2. Synonyme d’arrow-root, plante cultivée pour les vertus thérapeutiques et alimentaires de sa racine.
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 maranta
- marantas plural
- marante
- canna comestible
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maranta?
- \ma.ʁɑ̃.ta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maranta in French?
maranta appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).