mélampyre
French, noun/me.lɑ̃.piʁ/
mélampyre is spelled M-É-L-A-M-P-Y-R-E (9 letters). Mélampyre is a French masculine noun meaning “cow-wheat (plant of genus Melampyrum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante herbacée annuelle du genre Melampyrum de la famille des Orobanchacées”.
What does mélampyre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecow-wheat (plant of genus Melampyrum)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante herbacée annuelle du genre Melampyrum de la famille des Orobanchacées.
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 mélampyre
- mélampyres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mélampyre?
- /me.lɑ̃.piʁ/
- \me.lɑ̃.piʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.