mesclun
French, noun/mɛs.klœ̃/
mesclun is spelled M-E-S-C-L-U-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mesclun is a French masculine noun meaning “mesclun (mixture of young salad leaves)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mélange de différentes variétés de salades”.
What does mesclun mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemesclun (mixture of young salad leaves)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mélange de différentes variétés de salades.
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 mesclun
- mescluns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mesclun?
- /mɛs.klœ̃/
- \mɛs.klœ̃\
- [mɛs.klœ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mesclun in French?
mesclun appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).