nèfle
French, noun/nɛfl/
nèfle is spelled N-È-F-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nèfle is a French feminine noun meaning “medlar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit comestible du néflier (Mespilus germanica) charnu en forme de toupie déprimée au sommet et surmontée…”.
What does nèfle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemedlar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit comestible du néflier (Mespilus germanica) charnu en forme de toupie déprimée au sommet et surmontée des cinq dents persistantes du calice. C’est un piridion : la chair entoure cinq noyaux qui contiennent de l’acide cyanhydrique. 2. Synonyme de nèfle du Japon, fruit du néflier du Japon (Eriobotrya japonica). 3. Rien ou peu de chose.
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 nèfle
- nèfles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nèfle?
- /nɛfl/
- \nɛfl\
- [nɛfl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nèfle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nèfle in French?
nèfle appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).