phlox
French, noun/flɔks/
phlox is a French masculine noun meaning “phlox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de Polémoniacées, originaire de l’Asie et de l’Amérique septentrionales, à fleurs violettes, purpurines…”.
What does phlox mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephlox
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de Polémoniacées, originaire de l’Asie et de l’Amérique septentrionales, à fleurs violettes, purpurines ou blanches, qui sont cultivées comme plantes d’agrément.
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.
How do you pronounce phlox?
- /flɔks/
- \flɔks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to phlox
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phlox in French?
phlox appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).