paulownia
French, noun/po.lɔ.nja/
paulownia is a French masculine noun meaning “paulownia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre d’arbres originaires de Chine et d’Indochine, remarquables par leurs larges feuilles et leurs fleurs…”.
What does paulownia mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaulownia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre d’arbres originaires de Chine et d’Indochine, remarquables par leurs larges feuilles et leurs fleurs bleues-mauves. 2. Appellation commune des arbres de l’espèce Paulownia tomentosa. 3. Le bois travaillé de ces arbres.
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 paulownia
- paulownias plural
- pawlonia
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paulownia?
- /po.lɔ.nja/
- \po.lɔ.nja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paulownia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paulownia in French?
paulownia appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).