pariétaire
French, noun\pa.ʁje.tɛʁ\
pariétaire is spelled P-A-R-I-É-T-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pariétaire is a French feminine noun meaning “pellitory, lichwort (Parietaria officinalis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante de la famille des Urticées, ainsi appelée parce qu’elle croît ordinairement sur les murailles”.
What does pariétaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
growing on walls
noun
- 1
femininepellitory, lichwort (Parietaria officinalis)
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 Urticées, ainsi appelée parce qu’elle croît ordinairement sur les murailles.
adjective: 1. Qui appartient ou qui ressemble aux pariétaires.
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 pariétaire
- pariétaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pariétaire?
- \pa.ʁje.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pariétaire in French?
pariétaire appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).