phragmite
French, noun\fʁaɡ.mit\
phragmite is a French masculine noun meaning “any reed grass of the Phragmites genus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom botanique de Phragmites australis, plante sociale aquatique de la famille des Poacées. Sa tige, lisse et…”.
What does phragmite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany reed grass of the Phragmites genus
- 2
masculineeither of two species of warbler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom botanique de Phragmites australis, plante sociale aquatique de la famille des Poacées. Sa tige, lisse et droite, est ordinairement creuse et remplie de moelle.
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de quelques espèces de petits oiseaux passereaux de type fauvette de marais.
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 phragmite
- phragmites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phragmite?
- \fʁaɡ.mit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phragmite in French?
phragmite appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).