orcanette
French, noun/ɔʁ.ka.nɛt/
orcanette is spelled O-R-C-A-N-E-T-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orcanette is a French feminine noun meaning “bugloss, alkanet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plante de la famille des Boraginacées, dont certaines espèces étaient utilisées jadis en teinturerie…”.
What does orcanette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebugloss, alkanet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de plante de la famille des Boraginacées, dont certaines espèces étaient utilisées jadis en teinturerie comme par exemple l’orcanette des teinturiers (Alkanna tinctoria). → voir Alkanna 2. Sans précision, désigne généralement l’orcanette des teinturiers
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 orcanette
- orcanettes plural
- orcanète alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orcanette?
- /ɔʁ.ka.nɛt/
- \ɔʁ.ka.nɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orcanette in French?
orcanette appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).