millepertuis
French, noun/mil.pɛʁ.tɥi/
millepertuis is spelled M-I-L-L-E-P-E-R-T-U-I-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Millepertuis is a French masculine noun meaning “St. John's wort (Hypericum L.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hypericum perforatum plante herbacée à fleurs jaunes”.
What does millepertuis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSt. John's wort (Hypericum L.)
- 2
masculinesynonym of millepertuis perforé (“St. John's wort”) (Hypericum perforatum)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hypericum perforatum plante herbacée à fleurs jaunes. 2. Plantes du genre Hypericum en général.
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 millepertuis
- mille-pertuis alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce millepertuis?
- /mil.pɛʁ.tɥi/
- \mil.pɛʁ.tɥi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is millepertuis in French?
millepertuis appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).