mélisse
French, noun/me.lis/
mélisse is spelled M-É-L-I-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 71,364th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mélisse is a French feminine noun meaning “melissa (Melissa officinalis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante aromatique de la famille des lamiacées, dont on fait une eau distillée, appelée eau de mélisse ou eau…”.
What does mélisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemelissa (Melissa officinalis)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante aromatique de la famille des lamiacées, dont on fait une eau distillée, appelée eau de mélisse ou eau des Carmes.
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 mélisse
- mélisses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mélisse?
- /me.lis/
- \me.lis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mélisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mélisse in French?
mélisse appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).