persicaire
French, noun/pɛʁ.si.kɛʁ/
persicaire is spelled P-E-R-S-I-C-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Persicaire is a French feminine noun meaning “knotweed, smartweed (of the genus Persicaria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante à fleurs roses ou blanches, qui croît ordinairement dans les lieux humides et qu’on emploie pour…”.
What does persicaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineknotweed, smartweed (of the genus Persicaria)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante à fleurs roses ou blanches, qui croît ordinairement dans les lieux humides et qu’on emploie pour l’ornement des jardins.
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 persicaire
- persicaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce persicaire?
- /pɛʁ.si.kɛʁ/
- \pɛʁ.si.kɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is persicaire in French?
persicaire appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).