nigelle
French, noun\ni.ʒɛl\
nigelle is spelled N-I-G-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nigelle is a French feminine noun meaning “nigella” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante de la famille des Renonculacées, dont la principale espèce a des fleurs mauves et croît dans les blés”.
What does nigelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenigella
- 2
femininesynonym of nigelle cultivée (“black caraway”) (Nigella sativa)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des Renonculacées, dont la principale espèce a des fleurs mauves et croît dans les blés.
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 nigelle
- nigelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nigelle?
- \ni.ʒɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nigelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nigelle in French?
nigelle 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).