mellifère
French, adjective/mɛ.li.fɛʁ/
mellifère is spelled M-E-L-L-I-F-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mellifère is a French adjective meaning “melliferous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui porte, qui produit du miel”.
What does mellifère mean in English?
adjective
- 1
melliferous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui porte, qui produit du miel. 2. Qualifie les plantes donnant en abondance des substances sucrées accessibles aux abeilles et autres insectes pollinisateurs.
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 mellifère
- mellifères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mellifère?
- /mɛ.li.fɛʁ/
- /me.li.fɛʁ/
- \mɛ.li.fɛːʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mellifère in French?
mellifère appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).