phloème
French, noun/flɔ.ɛm/
phloème is spelled P-H-L-O-È-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phloème is a French masculine noun meaning “phloem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tissu conducteur des plantes vasculaires, constitué de cellules criblées, de cellules compagnes, de…”.
What does phloème mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephloem
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tissu conducteur des plantes vasculaires, constitué de cellules criblées, de cellules compagnes, de parenchymes et de fibres, transportant la sève élaborée (riche en sucres et autres produits du métabolisme) des feuilles vers les autres organes. Chez les plantes ligneuses, il constitue le liber, partie interne de l’écorce.
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 phloème
- phloèmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phloème?
- /flɔ.ɛm/
- \flɔ.ɛm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to phloème
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phloème in French?
phloème appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).