pandanus
French, noun
pandanus is spelled P-A-N-D-A-N-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pandanus is a French masculine noun meaning “a pandan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbre ou arbuste du genre Pandanus, qui compte de nombreuses espèces dont les feuilles sont parfois utilisées…”.
What does pandanus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea pandan
- 2
masculinethe pandans collectively
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbre ou arbuste du genre Pandanus, qui compte de nombreuses espèces dont les feuilles sont parfois utilisées pour la toiture ou la vannerie, et les fruits plus rarement consommés.
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 pandanus
- pandan
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pandanus?
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pandanus in French?
pandanus appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).