passerine
French, noun\pa.s(ə.)ʁin\
passerine is spelled P-A-S-S-E-R-I-N-E (9 letters). Passerine is a French feminine noun meaning “passerine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Thymelaea passerina plante de la famille des Thyméléacées que l'on rencontre dans les zones…”.
What does passerine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepasserine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel de Thymelaea passerina plante de la famille des Thyméléacées que l'on rencontre dans les zones sèches et rocailleuses du sud de l'Europe et Moyen-Orient 2. Genre de passereaux de l’ordre des granivores.
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 passerine
- passerines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passerine?
- \pa.s(ə.)ʁin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to passerine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.