nénufar
French, noun/ne.ny.faʁ/
nénufar is spelled N-É-N-U-F-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nénufar is a French masculine noun meaning “waterlily, nenuphar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom que l'on donne communément à l'ensemble des plantes de la famille des Nymphaeaceae (Nymphaeacées) qui ont…”.
What does nénufar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewaterlily, nenuphar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom que l'on donne communément à l'ensemble des plantes de la famille des Nymphaeaceae (Nymphaeacées) qui ont de larges feuilles rondes et de grandes fleurs en forme de roses simples. 2. Rhizome du nénufar. 3. Fleur du nénufar.
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 nénufar
- nénufars plural
- nénuphar alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nénufar?
- /ne.ny.faʁ/
- \ne.ny.faʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nénufar in French?
nénufar appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).