papillaire
French, adjective/pa.pi.lɛʁ/
papillaire is spelled P-A-P-I-L-L-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papillaire is a French adjective meaning “papillary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a des papilles, des mamelons, ou qui est en forme de mamelon”.
What does papillaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
papillary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a des papilles, des mamelons, ou qui est en forme de mamelon.
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 papillaire
- papillaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papillaire?
- /pa.pi.lɛʁ/
- \pa.pi.lɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papillaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papillaire in French?
papillaire appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).