orthosiphon
French, noun\ɔʁ.tɔ.si.fɔ̃\
orthosiphon is spelled O-R-T-H-O-S-I-P-H-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orthosiphon is a French masculine noun meaning “orthosiphon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plante de la famille des Lamiaceae, dont certaines espèces sont utilisées en phytothérapie”.
What does orthosiphon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorthosiphon
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 Lamiaceae, dont certaines espèces sont utilisées en phytothérapie.
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 orthosiphon
- orthosiphons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orthosiphon?
- \ɔʁ.tɔ.si.fɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orthosiphon in French?
orthosiphon appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).